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Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
OTTAWA–Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla is stepping down from her job as critic for youth and multiculturalism, as part of continuing fallout over alleged mistreatment of two nannies she employed – first reported in the Star this week. “This morning I called the leader to personally tender my resignation as multiculturalism and youth critic in order […]
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Barack Obama added "prosecuting torturers" to Interests
In case you missed it, Slate’s hilarious facebook feed of Obama’s first 100 days.
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Nav on Renewal
Tomorrow on the Globe website, Navdeep Bains will be talking about: How ready are the Liberals to fight the next election? How will they attract a broader range of Canadians than have signed up for their party in recent years? Will changing their leadership system really make them more democratic? What more should they be […]
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Goodbye Newman
I missed this while in Vancouver, but Don Newman will be signing off CBC’s Politics brooooaaaaaadcast for the last time this June. This is disappointing news, since Newman is one of the best political journalists in Canada – fair to all his guests and respectful of them, but also able to ask the tough question […]
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Springtime for Socialists?
Federal NDP support may be waning, but the Dippers do have a shot at taking the BC election next Tuesday (albeit a long shot). They will have a slightly better chance at the Nova Scotia election, now set for June 9th. So over the next month, we’ll get a pretty good idea of how willing […]
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Convention Wrap
Well, that was a fun weekend. Certainly not as exciting as Montreal, but the LPC ran a well-organized convention (the Thursday night disaster aside) and the location and weather were so great it was impossible for delegates not to have a good time. For those interested in the “inside politics” side of things, Steve Kukucha […]
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The Biggest News we Learned Today
New liberal logo. Thoughts on Iggy’s speech and all the rest to follow tomorrow…
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The One Member One Vote Vote
WOMOV is in. The most hotly anticipated vote of the weekend just wrapped up, with the Liberal Party overwhelmingly rejecting the 25% youth quota amendment and deciding to adopt a weighted one member one vote leadership selection process. As I’ve argued before, both of these decisions were the right ones to make, and I’m glad […]
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The Convention in Pictures
It’s a beautiful day for a convention! Registration Liberals campaigning hard to pass their policy resolutions. With enough work, their policy might wind up on a binder that the leader could look at any time he wants! Creative campaigning by the Sam Lavoie YLC campaign…unfortunately the City of Vancouver tried to slap them with an […]
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More Short Convention Updates – Friday
For complete convention coverage, check out: http://www.vancouver2009.ca/10 am: A random Vancouverite on the street heckles me on my way down to the convention centre, complaining that the Liberal Senate is responsible for all the crime in the country. C’mon bud, I’m from Alberta – that’s nothing. 10:30 am: I had a good chat with Ralph […]