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Facebook Activists: Engaged, Voting and Older

Today I have the following article on the Globe and Mail website. Interestingly, it seems some of the opposition leaders are beginning to take an interest in the Facebook group – Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff announced yesterday that he will be doing an online townhall on proroguing parliament on his facebook page. Will be interesting [...]

¶ Posted 21 January 2010 | David Eaves § canadian politics § technology ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: canadian politics, facebook, liberal party of canada, technology

Why Policy Matters in Politics

There are a shocking number of people involved in the political process who firmly believe that policy doesn’t matter. That, at best, it distracts from, and at worst it impedes, successful political campaigns. Obviously, readers of my blog (not to mention those who know me) know that I am a big believer in the power [...]

¶ Posted 05 January 2009 | David Eaves § book review § canadian politics § public policy ‡ Comments (11) ° Tagged: book review, canadian politics, liberal party of canada, nyt, political campaigns, politics, public policy

Concerns from Beyond the West: The dangers one-member, one-vote

There is a panel at the Globe and Mail website on Rebuilding the Liberal Party, with small essays on the subject from Navdeep Bains, Martha Hall Findlay and Bob Rae.
All three mention conducting Leadership races with one-member, one-vote as part of the rebuilding process. Below I’ve republished a cleaned up and slightly fleshed out version [...]

¶ Posted 19 December 2008 | David Eaves § canadian politics § commentary ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: canadian politics, commentary, delegate, globe and mail, liberal party of canada, liberals

The Coalition that never was

It’s over. Coyne has the best analysis and Simpson is on his game as well. The key fact: everyone overplayed their hand. Badly.
Harper overplayed his hand – that’s what launched this mess.
Then there was an opportunity on the part of the opposition to not be greedy. They could have demand a better stimulus package and [...]

¶ Posted 07 December 2008 | David Eaves § canadian politics § commentary ‡ Comments (19) ° Tagged: canadian politics, coalitions, commentary, liberal party of canada

Negotiating within a coalition – or why Liberals don’t trust Jack

So the one thing I glossed over the other day about negotiating in coalitions is that you’d better have already completed your negotiations within your coalition. Reading Andrew Coyne’s blog (among others) suggests that this has not happened. This project seems to have been cooked up by Dion and foisted on the party and there [...]