The Liberal Party National Convention is being held in Halifax starting this Thursday. It will pass policy resolutions and hold elections for positions within the Liberal Party Board of Directors. One of these is Liberal Party National Secretary. This position (and many others on the BOD) are open due to
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Scott's DiaTribes: 5 Questions for Lindsay Amantea – running for LPC National Policy Chair
For my readers who are not interested in an internal Liberal Party blogpost – this may not be the post for you
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Biennial LPC – Day 4 (final) impressions
This is going to be a shorter post then my others I only was here til 11 am before I had to run for my train home and didn’t catch the constitutional stuff.. but thanks to the good flow of motions as done by the chairpersons (Maryanne Kampouris and Ralph
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Biennial LPC Convention – Day 3 Impressions
A very early start to the day (7 am) when I visited the Breakfast Suite for Leanne Bourassa, one of the National Membership Secretary candidates (at the time – more on that later). I’ve known of Leanne for a while now, and she seems to have known of I and
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Biennial LPC Convention – Day 2 Impressions
Where to start! A VERY busy day today. -I know it has to be done, but the constitutional by-amendments opening of the Biennial was a tad dry. It was a good move to have held this in a smaller conference room. Less people there (as obviously they knew better). If
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: First impressions of #Lib14 Montreal Biennial
– There are a lot (I mean a LOT) of people here for a non-leadership convention. I hear it may be the largest of these they’ve ever seen. – The powerbars work at he bloggers tables and arent in short supply – a dramatic improvement over the Showcase. We also
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Almost Time For Montreal To Cover The LPC Biennial Convention
I was pleased to receive in my email from Andree-Lyne Halle (Comm Mgr for the LPC) a “Bloggers Welcome Note” for those of us bloggers accredited to the Montreal Biennial. I’m also intrigued we’re getting formally welcomed and “briefed” by National Director of the LPC, Jeremy Broadhurst, on Friday AM.
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: CPC Leaked Strategy Doc on Exploiting LPC Divisions Will Have Opposite Effect
You may have read this past week about the leaked documents the Toronto Star obtained that showed the Conservative Party hinting they will try to disrupt and cause disunity amongst Liberal Party members at the upcoming Biennial Convention in Montreal starting this Thursday (being attended by Yours Truly and other
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: LPC Biennial Convention: Basic Income Supplement proposal
I figured with a month and a bit to go to the LPC Biennial Convention in Montreal, which will be crafting and formulating policy resolutions among other things (and which, assuming I’m accredited, I will be there covering it as a blogger) I’d start focusing on a few things and
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: A Belated Happy New Year 2014 – Political Musings For The Year Ahead
I’d have sent this out to everyone sooner, but as of today, I’m on Day 7 of a nasty bug that has been sweeping around the area at holiday time and unfortunately, through my family and me as well (despite the fact I got a flu shot earlier this year
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Bloggers will be officially accredited at the Montreal LPC Biennial Convention
The official word has come from the LPC: bloggers will be accredited to the Convention, and they are inviting applications for accreditation. Since they’ve sent out a press release, and the form is publicly available on the convention web site, I don’t think they will mind me re-posting it below
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