For the record, I’ll be voting for Senator Marie Poulin for LPC President at the upcoming leadership convention. I’d like to re-emphasize that all three candidates are very qualified and will do great work should they be elected. In my view Senator Poulin has the best grasp on the challenges facing the Liberal Party at this point and has thought long and hard about the solutions to them. She’s got an extremely detailed fundraising section of her platform and, having talked to her, she’s committed to switching the focus to grass roots fundraising and going for the smaller donations.
I’ve also been impressed with her focus on the internet and technology. As a former CBC executive, she understands the needs to communicate to the grass roots and she’s been very vocal about the party using the Internet and technology for fundraising and communications.
For more information, be sure to visit the candidate websites or read blog interviews they’ve done. If you’re still on the fence, be sure to check out their speeches at convention and make sure to vote because this is an important, albeit incredibly unglamorous, vote.