‘Maybe we need to pick a candidate who’s a little less susceptible to attack ads’: McCrimmon
Karen McCrimmon is one of four candidates to seek the Liberal leadership without a seat in the House of Commons, but it’s clear from a quick read of her CV that her credentials and accomplishments would make her a star candidate in any party. Background: Ms. McCrimmon retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force […]
Indian Act needs to go, should be replaced with self-governance agreements, says candidate Coyne
Experience: Former policy chair and former PMO staffer for John Turner. Former constitutional law professor at the University of Toronto. Past member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada and the Ontario Health Insurance Appeal and Review Board. Former unsuccessful federal Liberal candidate in Toronto-Danforth who ran in 2006. Author of four books […]
Progressives ‘can’t risk’ not working together to defeat Conservatives, says Murray
Experience: Liberal MP for Vancouver-Quadra, B.C. since 2008. Former B.C. MLA and minister of water, land and air protection, and minister of management services. Co-founder of Brinkman and Associates Reforestation Ltd. and The Earth Partners LP. Hometown: Born in Schweizer-Reneke, South Africa, lives in Vancouver, B.C. Policies: “Sustainable Society.” Ms. Murray would work cooperatively […]
Who Supports Whom in Federal Liberal Leadership Race
Former Liberal Cabinet Minister Martin Cauchon William Assini Francesco Bellini Yves Bernier Sylvie Bertrand Sylvie Boileau Mark Bruneau Thérèse Bureau Jean Frederic Chagnon France Chrétien Desmarais Douglas Clarke Betty Cohen André Delouya Philippe Jean Desmarais Chantal Dion Robert Dion Louise Dubé Bernard Dufour Jean Dufour Philippe Dufour Daniel Ezerzer Amanda Furfaro François Gaudreau Elizabeth Grand […]
A look at Liberal Party leadership conventions
The Liberal Party of Canada officially came into existence on July 1, 1867, upon the Confederation of Canada as a federal dominion in the British Empire. From Confederation until 1873, George Brown, the former publisher of The Globe and Mail, was seen as the unofficial Liberal Party leader, but the first official leader of the […]
Liberal MPs criticize Hall Findlay’s lengthy attack on Murray’s cooperation proposal
PARLIAMENT HILL—Liberal MPs on Tuesday criticized Liberal leadership candidate Martha Hall Findlay for a lengthy attack against MP and leadership contender Joyce Murray’s central campaign plank calling for electoral cooperation among the opposition parties to defeat Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservatives in the next federal election. Ms. Hall Findlay posted a 700-word criticism […]
Trudeau clear front-runner in Liberal leadership campaign, but Murray’s got momentum
PARLIAMENT HILL—The $1-million that Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau has raised for his campaign since last October and a formidable list of establishment Liberals whose names are sprinkled through his list of more than 7,000 donors have not intimidated challenger and Liberal MP Joyce Murray, the only other candidate to show momentum since December. Mr. […]
Grit Party president Crawley says he has ‘full confidence’ in integrity of Lib leadership voters’ list
PARLIAMENT HILL—Liberal Party President Mike Crawley says he has “full confidence” in the integrity of the voter list being established for the party’s leadership election next month, in the face of complaints from one of the candidate campaigns about irregularities that scrutineers have discovered as they head into a registration challenge period before the […]
Irregularities in Liberal leadership voter registrations being challenged by scrutineers
PARLIAMENT HILL—Irregularities in voter registrations for the upcoming federal Liberal Party leadership election are being challenged “big time” as scrutineers for the seven remaining candidates are poring through the qualifications of tens of thousands of potential voters prior to a Thursday final day for registration, an official with one of the campaigns says. The […]
It ain’t over till it’s over, Trudeau hasn’t won Liberal leadership yet, say Murray and Hall Findlay
PARLIAMENT HILL—Two Liberal leadership candidates whose profiles have grown significantly over the past week are challenging the media and punditry wisdom that Montreal MP Justin Trudeau has sealed a victory with four weeks remaining in the contest, and citing the Trudeau campaign’s last-minute appeal for an extension of the deadline for voter registration as […]
