The Liberal Party of Canada announced today that Howard Dean (left), Chairman of the [US] Democratic National Committee, will be the keynote speaker at the party’s leadership and policy convention in Montreal next month.

“We are proud to have Gov. Dean address our Party. Aside from our obvious affinity with the Democratic Party, Liberals are excited to hear the Chairman’s views on a modern democracy and the role of the Democratic Party in the new U.S. political environment. And the timing couldn’t be better,” said Steven MacKinnon, General Secretary of the Convention.

Dean, of course, was one of the architects of the Democrats electoral success this week in the United States.