Liberal supporters in the province elected Dwight Ball as the new party leader in voting that ended on Sunday. By the time this appears on Monday morning, you will likely have heard most of the obvious comments. You will also have heard or read about how this leadership contest staked
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: Cathy’s Curious Campaign Kicker #nlpoli
With voting set to begin in the Liberal leadership campaign, Cathy Bennett took out newspaper ads that have stirred up a bit of controversy. On the face of it, they endorse the local Liberal member of the House of Assembly. The one at right appeared in the Western Star on
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The real Liberal Renewal #nlpoli
Cathy Bennett launched a 48-day tour of the province last week as part of her bid for the Liberal leadership. The local media dutifully attended but the story didn’t make the news in any major way. That’s partly because Bennett and the other Liberal candidates have been traveling around the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Politics and car mirrors #nlpoli
So not the same thing. If the party releases the numbers, we’ll know the actual number of people who have signed up to vote in the Liberal leadership once the party has gone through all the forms and deleted the duplicates, triplicates, and the various fakes. We’ll also know how
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Values and Ideas #nlpoli
“Don’t question my values,” Cathy Bennett warned one her fellow candidates in the Liberal leadership, “and I won’t question yours.” The other candidate in that part of the debate wasn’t questioning her values. He just asked, as many have wondered, about the time over the past decade when she was
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Like we told you: no money rules for Liberal Leadership #nlpoli
SRBP told you on July 18 and this past Saturday, the Telegram had a front page story telling us that the Liberal leadership campaign has no financial rules. James McLeod’s piece added the views from the individual candidates. Only Danny Dumaresque plans to release any details on who gave him
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Moments from the Liberal Debate #nlpoli
Here are some quick observations from the Thursday night Liberal leadership debate on VOCM: (Read more…)
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Stay the Course, Choose Change, and the Liberal Alternative #nlpoli
Identifying supporters is only part of the challenge in a political campaign. That’s basically what the five candidates in the Liberal leadership contest are doing when they sign people up to vote in November. It’s a lot tougher a job than some people apparently thought. One of the big factors
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: You got cash? They’ve got a party. #nlpoli
The party that brought the province its first and only election finance law in 1991 is currently in the midst of a campaign to select its own leader, but the race has absolutely no rules of any kind on campaign financing. The Liberal Party’s constitution and 2013 leadership rules are
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Antle changes dynamics of Liberal leadership race #nlpoli
Last November, it was easy to dismiss Paul Antle as another potential Liberal leadership candidate who lots of people talked about but who sounded more like he had better things to do. Two things in July changed that. First, Antle raced around at the last minute and joined the leadership
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Paul Antle’s Opening Shot #nlpoli
Here’s the e-mail that’s making the rounds: I am running for Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. I have no confidence in the current government. We’ve come too far to go backwards. I love this place and I understand its DNA. Our province has no leadership. That’s
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Great Political Quotes: Tax Shelter edition #nlpoli
“We lost, but that passion for fighting the injustice of a retroactive law change — that passion I will bring to the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador, and to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador…” Liberal leadership hopeful Paul Antle CBC reported on Friday that a “Federal Court of
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Campaign Starts… #nlpoli
Okay anyone who believed Cathy Bennett was “thinking about it” over the weekend know that she was already getting her Liberal leadership campaign in gear. She’ll be launching later on Wednesday morning. You see, as much as some people might fancy that her media line was true, you just can’t
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Crucible #nlpoli
If the Conservative Party in Newfoundland and Labrador threw out people who had been a Liberal or a New Democrat before, there wouldn’t be enough people left in it to have a game of cards. Pretty well all the old Tories from the 1970s who rose to any prominence started
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Water and beans #nlpoli
You don’t make the kind of telephone calls Cathy Bennett has been making if you aren’t already headed toward an announcement you will go after a political party leadership. What CBC got was the talking point, nothing more. What NTV got was the talking point, written down. Bennett has been
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Cathy Bennett to seek Liberal leadership #nlpoli
SRBP expects that Cathy Bennett, chair of the Bennett Group of companies, will announce her bid for the provincial Liberal leadership next week. More to follow… -srbp- .
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Blogging the Liberal Party National Showcase (#lpcldr)
I’ll be participating in the Liberal Party Leadership National Showcase this Saturday as “accredited media”. Take that, MSM. You can follow my coverage here, on Twitter (@progright), and on Google+. I’d like to thank the Liberal Party of Canada for accrediting bloggers – there are a few of us attending.
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Briefly, on "cooperation"
I’ve been firmly on the record against merger, or a non-aggression pact (deceptively called cooperation — who doesn’t like cooperation?) for at least a year or two now. I’ve outlined my reasons at length, from the fact that most statistical evidence indicates it just won’t work (you’ll lose centre-right Liberals
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Liberal members: If you want to vote for leader, you MUST register
While I am supporting one of the leadership candidates, consider this a public service message: if you’re a Liberal Party of Canada member and you want to vote for leader, you MUST register by March 14, 2013. Just holding a valid membership is not enough. If you do not register
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Deborah Coyne meets the press
It’s been a busy few days for Liberal leadership candidate Deborah Coyne, doing several media interviews around the launch of her new ebook Unscripted: A Life Devoted to Building a Better Canada. Here’s a few of the interviews where she talks about the book, the leadership race, why she’s running, and
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