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Liberal Convention Ottawa 2012

Althia Raj

Liberals Vote For Ranking Candidates In Federal Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 03.16.2012 | Canada Politics

Canadians may be one step closer to electing their MPs through a ranking system which would allow voters to select who they perceive to be the least w...

Liberals Choose Renewal In Electing Crawley Over Copps

CBC | Posted 03.16.2012 | Canada Politics

Federal Liberals elected the former head of the party's Ontario wing Mike Crawley as their new party president, choosing him over Chretie...

Liberals Vote Against Abolishing Monarchy

CP | Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.16.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are taking some risky departures from the cautious political norm in a bid to put their once-mighty party back on the electo...

Liberals Vote To Add 'Supporters' To Membership

CBC | Posted 01.14.2012 | Canada Politics

Liberals agreed Saturday night to allow people to join their party as "supporters," a move interim leader Bob Rae implored delegates to take. He sa...

Althia Raj

WATCH: Trudeau Shaves Stache For Cash At Grit Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 01.14.2012 | Canada Politics

Liberal MPs Justin Trudeau, Mauril Bélanger, Scott Simms and Frank Valeriote put on brave faces Saturday as they let the winners of a raffle shave of...

Dalton McGuinty's Brother Considering Liberal Leadership Bid

CBC | Posted 03.15.2012 | Canada Politics

MP David McGuinty says he is considering a run for the leadership of his party but that he will take several months to make his decision. ...

Leadership Speculation Swirls At Liberal Convention

CP | Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.14.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - It's not on the official agenda of their convention, but Liberals are informally abuzz with speculation about their usual favourite topic: le...

Althia Raj

Liberals Going American?

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 03.14.2012 | Canada Politics

UPDATE: The resolution to establish a supporter system passed at the Liberal convention on Saturday night. OTTAWA — The Liberal brass' idea of ad...

Bob Rae Tells Party Faithful The Liberals Are Down But Not Out

CP | Joan Bryden and Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.14.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The "road map to renewal" proposed by Liberal party brass is running into roadblocks set up by rank and file members.Proposals to throw open ...

Althia Raj

Next Liberal President Will Need To Be Champion Of Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 03.14.2012 | Canada Politics

UPDATE: Charles Ward has dropped out of the race for Liberal party president and endorsed Mike Crawley. Becoming the champion of change may be the ...

Bob Rae Gets His Report Card

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 01.13.2012 | Canada Politics

As Liberals from across the country gather in Ottawa today for the start of their biennial convention, one question on almost everyone’s lips is whe...

Althia Raj

Booze, Food And Fun At Liberal Convention Parties

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 01.12.2012 | Canada Politics

Cramped, sweaty and sometimes smelly, but always full of food and cleverly named drinks, hospitality suites are just as integral a part of this weeken...

Young Liberals Aim To Reshape Party

CBC | Posted 03.13.2012 | Canada Politics

Liberal youth are looking to influence the future of their party as it rebuilds and will be trying to make their mark at this weekend's c...

Who Will Be The Next Liberal Party President?

CBC | Posted 03.12.2012 | Canada Politics

The contest for president of the Liberal Party of Canada is shaping up to be a two-way battle that will be decided in Ottawa on the weekend. Sheila...