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  Liberal Party of Canada - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Liberal Party was reduced from a majority to a minority government due, in part, to a Chrétien-era scandal in which advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services.
The period between Paul Martin's assumption of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada on November 14, 2003, and the 2004 Canadian election being called on May 23, 2004, saw a large amount of infighting within the party.
When the Liberals formed a majority government after the 1993 election with Chrétien at the helm, party unity was assured by placing Martin, whom Chrétien had defeated for the party leadership in 1990, in the crucial role of Minister of Finance.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/LPOC   (3047 words)

  
 Ontario Liberal Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Liberal Party of Ontario is descended from the Reform Party of Robert Baldwin and William Lyon Mackenzie, who argued for responsible government in the 1830s and 1840s against the conservative patrician rule of the Family Compact.
The Liberals continued to decline after losing power, and, for a time, were eclipsed by the United Farmers of Ontario (UFO) when the Liberals were unable to attract the growing farmers' protest movement to its ranks.
The Ontario Liberal Association (particularly supporters of William Lyon Mackenzie King) demanded a leadership convention and one was finally held in May 1943 electing Harry Nixon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party   (2608 words)

  
 Money woes could mean sparse attendance at Liberal leadership convention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Liberal contest is the first to be run under new political financing rules which limit individual donations to $5,400 and prohibit contributions from corporations and trade unions.
In the past, donations to leadership contestants were unlimited and campaigns raised and spent millions.
Former Liberal leader Paul Martin is thought to have spent in excess of $10 million to win the title in 2003.
www.cbc.ca /cp/national/060823/n082398.html   (878 words)

  
 Socialist Action
Ontario party leader Howard Hampton ran on a platform of “public power” during the fall 2003 Ontario election, centred on preserving the public hydro corporation.
The SC also brought to the convention 21 resolutions on a variety of topics, including calls for social ownership and workers’ control of key industries, greater leadership accountability within the party, fair and democratic international trade, solidarity with Cuba, major re-investment in housing and health care, and the elimination of university tuition fees.
Only two of the SC resolutions actually made it to the convention floor for discussion, but they were adopted: one demanding greater food security, the other for government construction of social housing and the re-establishment of rent control in Ontario.
www.socialistaction.org /dec04_8.htm   (1023 words)

  
 Eye Weekly - Daylight upon magic - 11.20.03
The young Liberals are dressed and groomed just like their parents, though they appear less comfortable in the blazers and ties, as if they've been dressed by Mom for picture day.
It's at leadership conventions that the blueprint for history is drafted.
Being the son of Paul, The Father of Medicare (in fact, Liberal mythology has it that Paul Jr.'s bout with polio was the inspiration for the introduction of universal health care) is inspiration enough for the party's court.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_11.20.03/city/liberals-web.html   (7922 words)

  
 Reading Stephane Dion :: tyeebooks.ca
The main difference between the two leaders and their war crimes, of course, is that Hezbollah's leadership and organization isn't political or elected (even though its populist), while Israels government aside from its current leader, is a political party that has been elected and this changes the way the two organizations should be dealt with.
It's also despite the fact that the Liberals are still leaderless and that their campaign, according to the same poll, has failed to engage one in two voters and to produce a popular front-runner.
But if the Liberals, based on the tepid public response to their leadership campaign, are not holding the Conservatives back, then it follows that the government is failing to build efficiently on its gains from the last election through its own actions or lack of them.
thetyee.ca /Books/2006/10/12/StephaneDion   (7185 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Canada(Alberta)
Leadership candidate entry fees, set at $50,000, which help to offset the cost of the Convention, are due to the Liberal Party of Canada in two equal payments: one upon registration and another one week prior to the first candidates’ debate.
The last Leadership Convention was held in Toronto in November 2003.
The official campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada begins with the Campaign "Call" on April 7, 2006, the date when rules are finalized and candidates may officially register, as set by the National Executive.
www.liberalalberta.ca /events.aspx   (1570 words)

  
 Astrological notes on the 2004 Canadian Federal election
His Liberal party is conscious of its role in serving the public, but that image has been tarnished by scandal, and requires a lot of complicated initiatives to maintain; nonetheless, the Liberals are clear on their goals and purpose.
In the case of Gilles Duceppe's BQ leadership, which happened before Web archiving of news stories was a general practise, I have just guessed and used local astrological sunset (Sun conjunct Descendant), on the theory that these leadership conventions usually announce their decisions in the evening, at the end of a hard day of debate.
The party on his leadership, however, has sympathy for the USA indicated by 916 America in Pisces; it is closely conjunct 2104 Toronto, so that aspect of their position may be especially important to Ontario voters.
ansuz.sooke.bc.ca /astrology/election04.php   (9473 words)

  
 The Liberal Leadership - A webpage on the Canadian Liberal Leadership
Liberal organizers carried him back from his long sojourn in America.
Michael Ignatieff has done well and though he’s not the darling of the left or even the centre, he is the beloved of rightwing columnists and editors at papers like the Toronto Sun and the Globe.
Corporate media is playing it that Rae had a poor showing in Ontario, but he in fact has a respectable 17 percent which is as much as Ignatieff has in BC where Rae fared much better than him.
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 Gay News From 365Gay.com
The controversial fiddler insisted Tuesday his desire to run for the leadership of the federal Liberal party is not just another one of his outlandish stunts.
He said he's attended several Liberal conventions in the past and hopes to turn to friend Allan MacEachen, a former Liberal deputy prime minister, for advice.
Liberal party president Mike Eizenga declined to comment on MacIsaac's ambitions, citing the need to remain neutral in the contest.
www.365gay.com /Newscon06/03/032106canPM.htm   (723 words)

  
 CBC News In Depth: Liberal Party
The Liberal Party of Canada selects its new leader on Dec. 3 as it rebuilds and prepares to face an election battle in the not-too-distant future.
Pollsters consider him to be the dark horse in the Liberal leadership race, but former Ontario minister of education has proven himself an able contender who belongs among the front-runners.
In 2004, Dryden, as a Liberal candidate, was elected to the House of Commons as the MP for York Centre.
www.cbc.ca /news/background/liberals/leadershiprace.html   (3143 words)

  
 Ontario Liberal leadership conventions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ballot-by-ballot results of leadership conventions in the Ontario Liberal Party, a political party in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Note: Before 1919, the leaders of the Ontario Liberal Party were chosen by the party's elected Members of the Legislative Assembly.
[Hepburn was defeated in the 1945 provincial election, and Farquhar Oliver was chosen as the Ontario Liberal Party's parliamentary leader on July 4, 1945.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontario_Liberal_leadership_conventions   (291 words)

  
 Bob Rae Liberal Leadership Candidate - press releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
She was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment from 1996 to 1998 and served as the Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development from 1994 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2003.
Bob understands the challenges and dilemmas incumbent in leadership and he is prepared for the range of challenges that may arise and test our leaders.
Bob Rae is the only candidate for the Liberal Leadership who has had the responsibility for leading a government and managing the country’s largest health care system.
www.bobrae.ca /en/pressreleases.php   (6961 words)

  
 Vietnamese American Youth Leadership Conference - Speakers
For the past twenty years, LEAP has been intent on "growing leaders." LEAP programs encourage individuals to assume leadership positions at work and in the community, to be informed and vocal about policy issues relevant to APAs, and ultimately, to become role models for future leaders.
He holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts and working on his M.A. thesis "Jungian Psychology and the Masculine Spirituality." He is the President of the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes culture, education and civic involvement.
There she was able to work with young EJ organizers from all over the country to develop a national youth strategy for the movement.
www.vaylc.org /biographies2005.htm   (6394 words)

  
 LookSmart's Furl - The ECrampton corruption Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Three senior Ontario Liberal organizers confirmed with The Hill Times that this time the number of new sign-ups would be fewer than the 2003 Liberal leadership campaign.
The Grit sources said one of the key reasons for that is Liberal Party supporters and members have been quite busy in the last three years with elections and conventions and now they are looking for a break.
In previously secret Liberal cabinet documents, made public as a result of the inquiry by Justice John Gomery into the federal Liberal government's sponsorship scandal, it was revealed eight Liberal-friendly advertising firms charged taxpayers $989,000 for "development and consulting" of the Canada logo.
www.furl.net /members/ECrampton/corruption   (6294 words)

  
 Bob Rae Liberal Leadership Candidate - news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Winnipeg (August 12, 2006) - Today Liberal Leadership candidate Bob Rae unveiled a 7-point plan for working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis to expedite land claims processes, improve economic and social conditions on and off reserve, and recognize the Métis people as unique among Canada's aboriginal communities With their own distinctive culture and rights.
Bob has crossed the country impressing Liberals with his in-depth understanding of the country and the challenges we face and his ability to communicate and connect with individual Canadians.
“Together, with Liberals throughout British Columbia, we are building a movement that is focused on renewing the Liberal party, building on its core values and speaking to the concerns of Canadians.
www.bobrae.ca /en/news.php   (6690 words)

  
 guyindkny's Xanga Site
But despite convention and despite the fact that he is essentially breaking his promise to run for a seat when he could.
On the topic of national unity, I came across a brief article last week that suggested that the younger generation, who didn’t really grow up with much knowledge of the anguish of the Québec referendums, are apathetic to the problems of unity.
There was another Liberal leadership debate in Montréal this past weekend, which wasn’t one of the originally planned debates, but with more groups organising debates and the candidates all showing up, we may even see a few more take place in the few remaining weeks of the campaign.
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 POL 211 CANADIAN POLITICAL PARTIES 1998-99
Janine Brodie, "The Gender Factor and National Leadership Conventions in Canada," in George Perlin, ed.
Crow, "Liberals, New Democrats and Labour," in Essays on the Left, Laurier LaPierre, Jack McLeod, Charles Taylor, and Walter Young, eds., (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1971).
Norman Ward, "The Liberals in Convention," in Hugh Thorburn, ed., Party Politics in Canada 2nd ed.
www.chass.utoronto.ca /~clarkson/courses/pol211y_bib.html   (12248 words)

  
 Live leadership results, a good idea or a bad idea
Yesterday was the first day of the so-called Super Weekend, the three-day frenzy of electing delegates to the December leadership convention.
After months of grassroots intra-party campaigning, the Liberal Party is choosing the delegates who will choose their next leader.
Good of the Liberal Party to join the 21st century and have such a great on-line tool to monitor results as they come in.
tailrank.com /610249/Live-leadership-results-a-good-idea-or-a-bad-idea   (928 words)

  
 Dave Roels Photography - Hon. Paul Martin
Martin was a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party, finishing second among five contenders at the Party's 1990 Leadership Convention.
As a Co-chair of the National Platform Committee of the Liberal Party of Canada, Mr.
Martin played a key role in the formulation and development of the Liberal platform for the 1993 federal election.
www.daveroels.com /portrait/canada/paul_martin.html   (343 words)

  
 Party Politics in Canada, 7/e
Thorburn
Conservatism, Liberalism and Socialism in Canada: An Interpretation, Gad Horowitz.
Leadership Selection in the PC and Liberal Parties: Assessing the Need for Reform (abridged), George C. Perlin.
Ontario's Party Systems: Under New Management, Robert J. Williams.
www.prenticehall.ca /canbooks/phc_0134392175.html   (350 words)

  
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Zolf, particularly the "Left Wing" of the Liberal Party which is the main reason Martin is the "former" Prime Minister.
To which one said: "Oh, some Liberal guy, [Ignatieff], who is running for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada said some pro-terrorists stuff, and then another Liberal guy accussed him of being anti-Israeli, then they both accussed eachother of being anti-Israelis and pro-terrorists, as well as everyone else in the party...."
Speaking from experience, Ontario have had their head up there asses for so long it will take a while for reality to sink in.
westernstandard.blogs.com /shotgun/2006/10/liberal_middle_.html   (1921 words)

  
 Kevin Newman: Good Morning America on WCHS-TV8
He covered the 1992 referendum on Canada's Constitution, and two National Political Leadership Conventions as a floor reporter.
He also covered the Liberal Party victory from Campaign Headquarters for Election 1993.
He began his tenure at the CBC as Senior Western Correspondent, where he covered national news stories in Alberta and the Canadian Arctic.
www.wchstv.com /abc/gma/kevinnewman.shtml   (360 words)

  
 Liberal-Leadership-Money, 2nd Writethru, Bgt,……………………….. #####..REUSE STORY ID..!!!!...####   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
"Different rules, two elections in a short period of time, having lost an election, a (leadership) campaign that never ends, all of those things make a campaign difficult to do.
According to the party's dubious website lists, Dryden had raised $49,194, Martha Hall Findlay had raised $36,835 and Hedy Fry had raised $15,061 by the end of July.
Ignatieff said he's heard concerns about Liberal rank and file being unable to afford to attend the convention, particularly in "rural parts of Canada."
www.recorder.ca /cp/National/060823/n0823163A.html   (1112 words)

  
 News Release
In Canada, signatories include Nobel Laureate John Polanyi, Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs, NDP Leader Alexa McDonough, Toronto lawyer Edward Greenspan and author Jane Jacobs among others.
On the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs in New York on June 8-10, 1998, we seek your leadership in stimulating a frank and honest evaluation of global drug control efforts.
Every decade the United Nations adopts new international conventions, focused largely on criminalization and punishment, that restrict the ability of individual nations to devise effective solutions to local drug problems.
www.cfdp.ca /uncan.html   (1538 words)

  
 The Importance of Leadership by John P. Walters: Drugwar.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Importance of Leadership by John P. Walters: Drugwar.com
Another example of the blatant criminality of those helping make sure prohibition remains in place as the law of the land.
Napolitano claimed, right after O'Reilly plugged his new book, that Limbaugh was the victim of an aggressive, Liberal Palm Beach Prosecutor who (gasp) donated to the Gore/Lieberman campaign.
www.drugwar.com /pwaltersleadership.shtm   (14825 words)

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