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The Liberal Party ought to make a major plank in its platform the reform of at least some aspects of the federal governance structure.
For the past year or so, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has been urged by quite a number of columnists and commentators to develop a political vision to be offered to voters by his party, or at least to put forward a set of policy proposals as was done in the party Red Book in 1993—see Stanbury, The Hill Times, March 8, 2010. Recently, the Liberal leader was quoted as saying that he expected to "give Canadians the kind of visionary alternative to the current politics of drift and improvisation and division." Apparently, this is to be done following a conference in Montreal on March 26-28, 2010, called "Canada at 150: Rising to the Challenge" organized by the Liberal Party. The conference will feature a roster of 43 thinkers, leaders, and activists who will hold discussions on five policy "challenges." (For more details on the conference, see Harris MacLeod, The Hill Times, March 8, 2010). Also, while Parliament was prorogued, the Liberals held a series of roundtables to assist in policy development (see Harris MacLeod, The Hill Times, March 1, 2010).
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Why the Liberals should promise to reform Canada's federal governance
The Liberal Party ought to make a major plank in its platform the reform of at least some aspects of the federal governance structure.
For the past year or so, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has been urged by quite a number of columnists and commentators to develop a political vision to be offered to voters by his party, or at least to put forward a set of policy proposals as was done in the party Red Book in 1993—see Stanbury, The Hill Times, March 8, 2010. Recently, the Liberal leader was quoted as saying that he expected to "give Canadians the kind of visionary alternative to the current politics of drift and improvisation and division." Apparently, this is to be done following a conference in Montreal on March 26-28, 2010, called "Canada at 150: Rising to the Challenge" organized by the Liberal Party. The conference will feature a roster of 43 thinkers, leaders, and activists who will hold discussions on five policy "challenges." (For more details on the conference, see Harris MacLeod, The Hill Times, March 8, 2010). Also, while Parliament was prorogued, the Liberals held a series of roundtables to assist in policy development (see Harris MacLeod, The Hill Times, March 1, 2010).
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