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Rebuilding the Liberal party

Steve Pinkus, Désirée Mcgraw and Rachel Bendayan, National Post, May 21, 2011

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Founders

Carolina Gallo La Flèche,
Westmount-Ville-Marie
Brett House,
Niagara West-Glanbrook
Kent Hovey-Smith,
Trinity-Spadina
Désirée McGraw,
Notre-Dame-De-Grâce-Lachine
Matthew Ramsden,
Ottawa Centre
Robert Valdmanis,
Westmount-Ville-Marie

Questionnaire for Liberal Party of Canada National Executive Candidates

Joan Bourassa, National Policy Chair

People. What concrete steps will you take as a member of the Party Executive to increase the inclusiveness of the Party and expand the diversity of its membership?

  • Establishment of a members secretariat composed of volunteers who will be involved with outreach to francophone and other constituencies
  • a personal approach for rural ridings
  • publishing a quarterly newsletter keeping members in rural ridings with low computer use apprised of what we are doing.

Policy. What specific actions, policies and initiatives will you undertake or advocate as part of a concerted effort to ensure that the Party presents a strategic and compelling platform to the Canadian electorate that responds to Canada's most pressing needs?

  • renewal that changes the top down culture of our party
  • implementation of the Westmount Ville-Marie model where the riding board has committees that reflect the structure of the national commissions
  • encouragement of members at the riding level to involve social action groups and cultural communities to engage with us, but engaging with them.

Party. What tangible priority efforts will you launch to increase the participation of Party members in every level of the Party's decisions, operations and structures to increase accountability and the democratic link between the central Party and the riding organizations?

  • Renewal that changes the top down culture of our party
  • Implemenation of the recommendations made by members to the Change Commission
  • Making the party's webside not just a promotional domain but a forum for all members concerns

Candidate responses to questionnaire