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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 [...]

What next for Liberals? – Proceed with Caution

I’ve yet to talk to a Liberal who is excited by this coalition. I’m sure they are out there – I just have yet to meet one. From what I have heard, most feel the coalition proposal is a necessary evil – one required to reign in a Prime Minister who -during a period of [...]

Liberal Renewal: Indentify good questions, not answers

The following was a memo I wrote for some friends back in May, 2006 as the Liberal Renewal Commission was just getting going. I was sensing that we needed a process that was emergent – one that leveraged its reputation (and meager resources) not to do something top down, but facilitate something bottom-up.
Recently a friend [...]

The most important election lesson – networks

So much has happened and, so little has changed. As Kinsella put it best before heading to the night, no one is happy. For me, I’m most saddened to see my friend Omar Alghabra lose, he’s smart, friendly, a great representative and an asset to Canadians – whether they voted for him or not. His [...]

Pollster Deathmatch: Who’s winning the election?

Anyone notice this? We seem to not only have a battle of political parties, but also a battle of pollsters.
According to Harris/Decima press release of September 21st the Conservatives lead is growing:
Conservatives:39%,
Liberals: 23%
NDP: 17%
Green Party: 11%
BQ: 8%.
However, a press release on the very same day by our friend Nik Nanos (who it is worth remembering [...]

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