|
|
By The Mound of Sound, on April 25, 2013, at 2:22 pm Quebec’s federal and provincial Liberals appear to be enjoying something of a renaissance. The Toronto Star’s Chantal Hebert figures the Trudeau Libs now give Mulcair’s New Dems’ Quebec-centric power base a serious challenge.
In an ever-expanding forest of positive polls for the Liberals, the latest CROP snapshot of Quebec public opinion stands out but not necessarily for the usual Justin Trudeau-related reasons.
…the poll suggests that Quebec is undergoing a Liberal revival, with both the federal and provincial parties in first place in voting intentions at 38 per cent.
Trudeau and Couillard are associated with a better-established brand than (Read more…)
By The Mound of Sound, on April 23, 2013, at 4:46 pm If the polls are right and Justin Trudeau’s Liberals manage to reclaim power from the Harper Cons in 2015 all signs are that Canada will continue to be governed on the principle of cynical opportunism.
The spinelessness of the Liberals in joining Harper on the undemocratic terrorism amendments and the FIPPA trade sellout to China suggests the Liberals will continue on the disastrous (for Canada) path charted by Ignatieff.
My suspicions that Justin is more Margaret than Pierre are confirmed.
By Pamela, on April 23, 2013, at 12:29 pm The Senate Bill S-7 being debated at third reading today will give authorities the ability to detain people for up to 12 months even if they are not suspected of any crimes or potential crimes. Mr. Sullivan MP for York-South Weston describes this best.
He said:
“ [The] individual is… ..
By pogge, on April 23, 2013, at 11:16 am With Justin Trudeau, its freshly minted leader, at the helm the renewed Liberal Party of Canada has already told me pretty much what I need to know.
Given the option of speaking out against a trade deal with China which would seriously hamper our ability to manage our own environment and economy and lock us in for 31 years, the Liberals have sided with Conservatives in support of FIPA. Apparently they think the deal can be made acceptable with some modifications. Remember Colombia?
And in other news, given the opportunity to stand up for civil liberties the Liberals were (Read more…) to remind us that it was Jean Chretien’s government that originally caved in to the panic following 9/11 and bravely implemented preventive arrest and so-called investigative hearings. So even though these measures were never used when in force and allowed to sunset five years ago, let’s, by all means, . . . → Read More: Peace, order and good government, eh?: Meet the new Libs. Same as the old Libs as far as I can tell.
By The Liberal Scarf, on April 16, 2013, at 11:30 pm
Was in Ottawa for the leadership reveal, and I’ve been meaning to write a blog reflecting on the race. First off, let me thank all the volunteers and party staff who worked during the weekend and throughout the race.
While the obvious winner was Justin Trudeau, and congratulations to his team are due, I thought I’d write about who I think are the more subtle winners and losers from both the weekend and the race as a whole. Presented in no particular order.
WINNERS
-George Takach
Takach wasn’t taken the most seriously at the start of the race, but
. . . → Read More: The Liberal Scarf: Winners and losers in the LPC leadership race – besides the obvious winner
By The Liberal Scarf, on April 16, 2013, at 11:30 pm
Was in Ottawa for the leadership reveal, and I’ve been meaning to write a blog reflecting on the race. First off, let me thank all the volunteers and party staff who worked during the weekend and throughout the race.
While the obvious winner was Justin Trudeau, and congratulations to his team are due, I thought I’d write about who I think are the more subtle winners and losers from both the weekend and the race as a whole. Presented in no particular order.
WINNERS
-George Takach
Takach wasn’t taken the most seriously at the start of the race, but
. . . → Read More: The Liberal Scarf: Winners and losers in the LPC leadership race – besides the obvious winner
By somecanuckchick, on April 14, 2013, at 6:32 pm Coronations are not held after 104,552 votes are counted, nor are coronations held in hotel conference rooms. *COUGH*
Congratulations/Félicitations Justin Trudeau!
SCC
By Joseph Uranowski, on April 14, 2013, at 5:01 pm The leadership results are coming in the next hour. I am so proud of my party. Over 104, 000 people voted for Liberal leader which is more than voted in the last Conservative Party and NDP leadership races! So here is a quick post on why I voted for Justin Trudeau for Liberal Leader:
1. Justin can grow into the job:
Justin Trudeau has grown as a politician throughout this leadership race. In 1996 the Ontario Liberals seemed to have hit the bottom. They picked a young guy who hadn’t been in politics for too long (who also had a father
. . . → Read More: The Equivocator: Hard Work + Hope = Why I voted for Justin Trudeau
By The Liberal Scarf, on April 5, 2013, at 11:05 pm I’ll be livetweeting the showcase (I nearly typed convention out of a force of habit left over from OLP leadership) so follow me on Twitter at @WilliamNorman.
By Bryan Crockett, on January 21, 2013, at 6:21 pm
This past weekend, at the Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia policy conference, we passed many important progressive policy resolutions. Instead of doing the typical partisan thing and talking about just how great we are, I’ll highlight a few of the policies that I’m excited about.
PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF SEX TRADE WORKERS The courts have regularly ruled that prostitution is legal. Making laws to deter prostitution does nothing to actually stop it, puts people’s lives in danger, and costs a tremendous amount to taxpayers. I’m proud that this resolution passed because it means that, upon a new Liberal
. . . → Read More: Bryan Crockett: Liberals. We’re big on policy.
By The Mound of Sound, on January 13, 2013, at 11:18 am Vancouver Island’s round of faux public hearings into the proposed Northern Gateway bitumen pipeline have wrapped up. The panel heard 253 presentations.
When they were done, the tally was 253 opposed edging out 0 in support of the supertanker initiative. That’s 253 to nil. Sort of gives you an idea of what awaits the island’s Conservative MPs in the next federal election. Liberals need take no comfort in the Tories’ plight. It’s a safe bet that ridings on the island and coastal mainland will be divvied up between the Greens and the NDP.
Then again,
By The Mound of Sound, on December 19, 2012, at 2:41 pm The topic came up recently in a discussion I had with a prolific and thoroughly progressive blogger who will go unnamed. He lamented that he had become fed up with Canadian prog bloggers who seemed not terribly interested in progressivism at all and, by contrast, far less interesting than their truly progressive American counterparts.
I think his criticism is fair and accurate. Many of us, I suspect, consider ourselves progressive by virtue of an affiliation with a particular party that once, in times now past, had been more or less actually progressive. For them, progressivism was a
. . . → Read More: The Disaffected Lib: Is Canadian Progressivism a Farce?
By AppalledBC, on December 6, 2012, at 6:25 pm “If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.” – Emma Goldman
There’s been much talk of late about uniting the main opposition parties in some sort of delusional effort to defeat the Harper Regime come the next faux election either as a one-time strategic plan or by way of a more long term relationship. Here’s a reality check for those fantasizing about such a possibility.
1) First of all, not one of the parties is really progressively left, though all three like to spin that they are when it suits them, especially if they espouse support for social programs. (Read more…)
By The Mound of Sound, on November 28, 2012, at 5:38 pm How long can the Liberal Party duck the fundamental issue of climate change and what it means to our country, to our people and to our world? Here are a few questions I’d like the party and those vying for its leadership to consider and ans… . . . → Read More: The Disaffected Lib: Just a Few Questions for the Liberal Party of Canada
By Joseph Uranowski, on November 26, 2012, at 8:44 am Today (November 26th) is by-election day in the great riding of Calgary-Centre! The Liberal campaign has been as exciting as it has been improbably and for the first time since 1968, Calgary-Centre might such send a Liberal to Ottawa. Though … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: The Equivocator: Vote Harvey Locke: The Progressive Choice for Calgary-Centre
By The Mound of Sound, on November 21, 2012, at 2:44 pm Sorry Dippers, your guy is a liberal and Canadians’ Liberal of choice is the guy whose hair is on his head, not his face.NatPo’s latest poll finds if Canadians had a chance to vote today, they would elect a strong Liberal minority government led by Tru… . . . → Read More: The Disaffected Lib: If Canadians Want a Liberal, It Won’t be Mulcair
By Bryan Crockett, on November 11, 2012, at 3:01 am For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been taking a stand for what I feel is right. While, in my younger years, this was often protesting my brother being allowed to do things that I wasn’t, it eventually shifted to more political issues. This was definitely not instilled or inspired by my parents, however, as my Mom was (and remains, despite my best efforts) rather apolitical, and my Dad was a hypocritical and ideological unionist who didn’t understand the implications of his actions, and especially didn’t understand the consequences of his vote.
As I’ve grown up, and become more and
. . . → Read More: Bryan Crockett: How I Became Involved in Politics
By trashee, on October 23, 2012, at 7:02 am … who screeched that the Premier of Ontario was but a power-crazed coward for resigning his post, I say: HA! Turns out he only wants to spend more time with his family. And whether you’re a pol, fireman, clerk, lawyer, doctor, teacher or public servant, more time with one’s family is something we all want, [...]
By trashee, on October 16, 2012, at 12:25 pm … do for an encore? I, like everyone, was shocked by the premier’s resignation yesterday. So, what’s next for my MPP? Is he going to throw his hat into the federal ring in an effort to lead the LPC? I for one, and as a Liberal, hope so. I think he would make a great [...]
By The Mound of Sound, on October 10, 2012, at 11:41 am The Ottawa Citizen’s Sue Riley looks at Justin Trudeau and sees the youngest old man in a Liberal Party full of old men.
…The Liberal leadership hopeful’s much-anticipated launch speech last week was disappointingly banal. He ran through the familiar Liberal checklist: a nod to strength in diversity, the Charter of Rights, Quebec’s central role, First Nations poverty and so on.
Overall, the speech contained not one fresh idea or memorable quote, although the former high school drama teacher strove mightily to impart depth, quoting his father, who was quoting Paul to the Corinthians, about putting away “childish things.”
…
. . . → Read More: The Disaffected Lib: The Youngest Old Man in the Liberal Party
By CuriosityCat, on October 7, 2012, at 3:00 pm Brian ‘Hollow Man’ Mulroney
Brain Mulroney was boasting about his magnificent act in getting the US-Canada free trade agreement signed. What he did not talk about – and probably does not realize – is that he is one the Hollow Men: those who, consciously or unconsciously, set about hollowing out the industrial heartland of Canada and America. The Hollow Men favoured globalization and its means, free trade agreements (as opposed to fair trade agreements), as a way to enrich corporations and shareholders, while helping workers in poorer countries to find jobs in the many factories that were relocated there . . . → Read More: CuriosityCat: Globalization’s Discontents: Maude Barlow, the Hollow Men, and the Conversation that’s just beginning
By The Mound of Sound, on October 5, 2012, at 7:41 pm When it comes right down to it, Justin Trudeau really has just one thing going for him, his youth. It’s sad that he doesn’t seem to want that getting in his way.
Trudeau showed he’s simply a younger version of the traditional, celo-packaged Liberal hack when he hemmed and hawed about Enbridge and the Northern Gateway pipeline. The route is bad, he said.
Really, that’s it? The route is bad? Trudeau is barely a quarter notch past Ignatieff on that. The route is bad.
Trudeau doesn’t seem able to discuss the tar sands in the
. . . → Read More: The Disaffected Lib: I’m Not Like My Father – J. Trudeau
By CuriosityCat, on October 1, 2012, at 12:22 pm The Conservatives have maintained their muscular advantage over both major competitors in fundraising in 2011: The Liberals raised $10,119,908.62 from 49,650 donors last year, according to their annual financial return. The NDP raised $7,427,060.63 from 37,778 donors, according to the party’s annual return which was filed late with Elections Canada…
The Conservatives, meanwhile, out-fundraised all parties, which it has consistently been doing for the past five years. According the party’s annual return, the Conservatives raised a record $22.7-million in 2011, from 110,267 donors. The Donor Pools: The key lies in the number of donors, and the . . . → Read More: CuriosityCat: Conservative Party machine still dominates the Canadian political space
By Pamela, on September 27, 2012, at 12:01 pm Last night relief of the defeat of M-312 quickly gave way to anger. Given the rampant deregulation being implemented by this Government, it would seem that the only regulation they are interested in is the regulation and restriction of women’s rights. I am so incensed that women still have to… ..
By CuriosityCat, on September 24, 2012, at 2:05 pm Paul Adams has done us all a service by commenting on the wishes of the majority of voters in recent elections, and is now fending off attacks from right wing commentators about his proposal that the progressives unite to unseat the Harper new Tories in the next election. However, Adams is doing us a disservice by not clearly differentiating between the realistic alternatives open to progressives when it comes to the form that such cooperation might take. The Either-Or Trap: He seems to have fallen into The Either-Or Trap (either the Tories become the government, or the LPC and NDP . . . → Read More: CuriosityCat: Open Letter to Paul Adams about Electoral Cooperation
|
|
