Alberta Liberal party executive director Corey Hogan, left, and party president Erick Ambtman. Photograph by: Greg Southam, edmontonjournal.com

Alberta Liberals say new open rules paying off

Thursday, August 11, 2011

In what Alberta Liberals hope will be a political game-changer, the party says thousands of new “supporters” have signed up over the past two months following a groundbreaking decision to allow non-members to vote in leadership and nomination races. At a party convention in late May, facing declining support in the polls, delegates chose to become the first political party in Canada to open such contests to those without membership cards. The party had about 2,200 members at that time, but has now seen that... 

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What will you do?

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Since the May election, the Liberal Party seems to have gone through each of the quintessential 5 stages of grief. We’ve experienced denial of our new third-party status; anger at our leaders; bargaining for time to change; depression in the face of disappointing results; and finally, acceptance. It’s appropriate that Bob Rae told Vancouver Sun that he felt like he was half leader, half psychotherapist as he traveled the country in July. It’s not enough for us survive the next election; we have to thrive and flourish.... 

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VOTE: Senate Reform?

Sunday, July 3, 2011

It’s summer in Ottawa, and the temperature is heating up on an unlikely issue – senate reform. Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have begun a campaign to bring incremental reform to Canada’s upper house: reforms billed as non-constitutional, and non-controversial. But are they? A number of different points of view have emerged.   Let’s look at the numbers. Alberta has 9.1 per cent of the total number of members of Parliament but only 5.7 per cent of the Senators. – Stéphane Dion,... 

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Get Off The Bench!

Monday, June 27, 2011

There is a palpable level of frustration among the members of the Liberal Party right now. I hear it in every conversation I have with my politically active friends. Even the non-Liberals can see that we aren’t what we used to be or even what we claimed to be a month ago. Canadians think we’ve lost our way as a party. It’s right there in the election results, if you don’t believe me. From what I hear, right or wrong, Liberals are disorganized, deaf, and destructive. Our policies don’t match our actions... 

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The New Liberal Clip Show

Friday, June 24, 2011

From Mark Holland’s speech to the Alberta Liberal Party convention, to the renewal series that launched the site drafted by Corey Hogan, to coverage of the convention where the Alberta Liberal Party became the first political organization in the country to go to an open voting system, and everything in between, below is a collection of our most viewed, liked, and commented posts since the launch of our website.     As discussed in the Renewal Series, the Liberal Party of Canada has been steadily losing... 

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Help the Alberta Liberals build the most broad-based political Party in the history of Canada! As of June 1st, any eligible Alberta voter is able to register as a supporter of the Alberta Liberal Party and become eligible to vote in nomination and leadership elections – no membership required. So have a direct say in who the Leader of the Opposition will be: if you support the Alberta Liberal Party, are a resident of Alberta, and are eligible to vote in Alberta elections,... Read More

Canada

What will you do?

Sprout

Since the May election, the Liberal Party seems to have gone through each of the quintessential 5 stages of grief. We’ve experienced denial of our new third-party status; anger at our leaders; bargaining for time to change; depression in the face of disappointing results; and finally, acceptance. It’s appropriate that Bob Rae told Vancouver Sun [...]

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Alberta Liberals say new open rules paying off

Alberta Liberal party executive director Corey Hogan, left, and party president Erick Ambtman. Photograph by: Greg Southam, edmontonjournal.com

In what Alberta Liberals hope will be a political game-changer, the party says thousands of new “supporters” have signed up over the past two months following a groundbreaking decision to allow non-members to vote in leadership and nomination races. At a party convention in late May, facing declining support in the polls, delegates chose to [...]

Local

The Edmonton Community Challenge

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From June 3-5, Boardwalk Rental Communities will be challenging individuals from across Edmonton to get involved in their local community league. The event strives to promote community spirit through friendly competition between community leagues throughout the city. Contact your neighborhood community league to inquire if they have signed up for this challenge, and make sure [...]

New Ideas

On Attention Spans

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Towards the end of the 2011 federal election, I was invited over to the home of some good family friends for easter dinner. My parents had gone down to Calgary for the weekend, leaving me without any family in town, and these fine people took pity on me. Dinner was fantastic, with delicious food and [...]

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The New Liberal Initiative is dedicated to the internal reorganization and rejuvenation of liberal political parties across Canada. It is not affiliated with any federal, provincial, or local Liberal Party.
 

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