Liberals hope - and Conservatives fear - that Ignatieff can present himself as a transformational character, someone whose very personality reinvigorates the country's political life, in the same way that Pierre Trudeau or Barack Obama were agents of change.... Liberals hope - and Conservatives fear - that Ignatieff can present himself as a transformational character, someone whose very personality reinvigorates the country's political life, in the same way that Pierre Trudeau or Barack Obama were agents of change.
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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Tuesday, December 9
Can Iggy transform the Liberals? Can he transform Canadian politics?
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DavidAkin
on Tue 09 Dec 2008 11:02 PM EST
Ignatieff on liberalism and the Canadian Liberal Party
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DavidAkin
on Tue 09 Dec 2008 04:14 PM EST
One thing the Liberals need -- say Liberals themselves -- is a policy convention. The last time the Liberals met to formulate policies was in Ottawa in March 2005. The keynote speaker on the Friday before the conference began was none other than a Harvard professor named Michael Ignatieff. He spoke about small-l liberalism and the state of the Canadian Liberal Party. Here's that speech ... more » |
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