Sunday, January 15h, 2012: The Day the Crime Debate Changed
“At a time when global competition is growing and our crime rate is falling, it is smarter to invest in education than jails. – Dalton McGuinty After two days of…
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Dalton McGuinty speaks at the Liberal Party of Canada Biennial Convention 2012
Favourite quotes: “Polls can impede our vision of the future.“ Laurier’s Definition of Liberalism: “I am a Liberal. I am one of these who think that everywhere, in human things,…
Fort McMurray Liberal Kyle Harrietha On His 2012 Convention Experience
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Theresa Lubowitz: 10 Lessons from the 2012 Liberal Biennial in Ottawa
I attended the recent Liberal Party of Canada Biennial Convention in Ottawa (as a delegate and a member of a campaign) and came away with a few lessons learned. You…
Kelly Patrick: BC Liberal Youth Are Dope In More Ways Than One
There was a beauty to last weekends’ Liberal Party Convention. I know, no one wants to hear or even believe that anything Liberal was beautiful. It is a stretch. However,…
Nokha Dakroub: A Family Reunited – And No, We’re Not Dead!
Nokha Dakrou (Delegate Mississauga-East Cooksville.) The convention that took place this past weekend felt like a much-needed family reunion after a period of mourning and grief. With 3200 delegates present,…
Kyle Peterson: A Biennial Unlike Others
Kyle Peterson (Past candidate, Newmarket-Aurora.) Although I had been to umpteen LPC events since I first joined the Liberal Party in September 1990 at the campus of the University of…
Bryan Bondy: Sorry Seems To Be The Easiest Word
Bryan Bondy (Delegate from Perth-Wellington.) Somewhere out there in the great yonder of the Internet, someone has made the statement, or something close to it, that the Liberal Party of…
Leanne Bourassa: My LPC 2012 Convention experience.
Leanne Bourassa (Former candidate for National Membership Secretary.) Where to begin? My LPC 2012 Convention experience actually began in November 2011 when I submitted my nomination forms for the National…
Biennial Convention Guest Post: Barrie Young Liberals: Looking to the future while giving back.
The Barrie Young Liberals (BYL) formed shortly after the federal election in May, 2011. The election was a disappointing result, to be sure; perhaps, no more so than in Barrie…
Looking For A New Liberal Leader? Why Not Scott Brison?
If you are looking for something to do at the Liberal biennial convention this weekend I have a suggestion for you: Walk up to Scott Brison (only if he isn’t…
Maryanne Kampouris, LPC Policy Chair candidate, on Youth Issues
Managerial competence is above all, what I am looking for in the next policy chair of the Liberal Party of Canada. Maryanne Kampouris has been VP Policy for the Liberal…