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Joseph Pearson posted an update 6 hours, 3 minutes ago
#middle-class I think its important for Justin to start standing up fully for the middle class. Support for unionised workers at Canada Post, Via Rail, CTV, and all those companies that Harper is currently our to destroy and remold in the Conservative mould. I’m scared!!. Hes trying to control CTV’s funding and wages. Hes made cuts to Canada…[Read more]
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Joseph Pearson posted an update 6 hours, 22 minutes ago
#environment Lets face it..We need to protect the environment. That said, we also need those big old polluting oil sands and open pit mining to keep out economy strong. So, what we need is a give, give. Build the pipe line. But build it to eastern Canada first. Lets get Canada self sufficient, then start worrying about the rest of North America…[Read more]
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Joseph Pearson posted an update 6 hours, 37 minutes ago
#cannabis/ I was an avid smoker for many of my “youth” years. It never induced me IE gateway drug, to go to other drugs. Now, well into my 50′s, I support decriminalisation of pot, but feel that making it fully legal to use, without proper ways of determining its intoxicating effects, is a mistake. A breathalyzer, showing leval of intoxication…[Read more]
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Darlene Jacques posted an update 9 hours, 1 minute ago
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The ruling is disappointing but it still puts another black spot on the Conservatives so at least we can capitalize on that fact.
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Edward Paskevich posted an update 1 day, 17 hours ago
#website #renewal
I am a new liberal. Joined last year after the massive defeat. I did not view this as a setback, but rather an opportunity to become involved as the party now seemed open to a re-evaluation of itself and become a party that the citizens of this country could identify with and identified with them, a party of principles that…[Read more]-
Hi Edward,
Thanks for the great post. You’re right that the activity seems to have slowed down a bit here in the community. It’s nothing to worry about because folks probably just need a bit of a breather after the sustained excitement and passionate (to say the least!) discussions that took place here during the leadership race.
As for…[Read more]
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Haven’t been posting much lately, life has been busy. The weather finally got nice and I try to spend as much time as I can playing in my garden. It cuts down on the time I spend reading and posting. Can you tell that it’s damp cold and wet today by the number of my posts?
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Darlene Jacques posted an update 9 hours, 42 minutes ago
#census
This is one of the things The Conservatives did that irked me the most.http://www.therecord.com/opinion/columns/article/935539–national-household-survey-data-worthless
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Jim Karygiannis posted an update 9 hours, 49 minutes ago
50th Anniversary of Africa Day
Statement by the Honourable Jim Karygiannis, Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Agincourt and Liberal Critic for MulticulturalismI would like to take this opportunity to extend my best wishes to members of the Canadian African Diasporas on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Africa Day.
Africa Day is the…[Read more]
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Jim Karygiannis posted an update 9 hours, 50 minutes ago
50e anniversaire de la Journée de l’Afrique
Déclaration de l’honorable Jim Karygiannis,
député de Scarborough Agincourt et
porte-parole libéral en matière de multiculturalismeJe souhaiterais, à l’occasion du 50e anniversaire de la Journée de l’Afrique, adresser mes meilleurs vœux aux membres des diasporas africaines au Canada.
La Journée de…[Read more]
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Jim Karygiannis posted an update 9 hours, 55 minutes ago
Jour de l’indépendance de l’Érythrée
Déclaration de l’honorable Jim Karygiannis,
député de Scarborough Agincourt et
porte-parole libéral en matière de multiculturalismeJ’aimerais aujourd’hui offrir mes meilleurs vœux aux membres de la communauté érythréenne du Canada à l’occasion du Jour de l’indépendance de l’Érythrée.
L’État d’Érythrée est…[Read more]
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Jim Karygiannis posted an update 9 hours, 57 minutes ago
Eritrean Independence Day
Statement by the Honourable Jim Karygiannis, Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Agincourt and Liberal Critic for MulticulturalismI would like to take this opportunity to extend my best wishes to members of the Canadian Eritrean community on the occasion of Eritrean Independence Day.
The State of Eritrea is a country…[Read more]
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Darlene Jacques posted an update 2 months ago
#CIDA
I don’t know whats really going to happen but The Conservatives have always manged to screw something up when it comes to the direction we go internationally.http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/03/21/pol-cida-dfait-merger-advancer.html?cmp=rss
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Know what you mean.
In theory it could work. The problem is the cons usually have an ulterior motive for doing these things.
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I came across this commentary By John McKay if anyones been following this issue.
http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/05/23/john-mckay-canada-plays-reverse-robin-hood/
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Mary MacLeod-Leigh posted an update 1 week, 2 days ago
Just wondering if there has been a problem with this site.
Was not able to login for the past 2 days. Seems okay now. And before you ask I had no problem with any other sites. Just liberal.ca
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I’ve also found this site very glitchy for the past couple weeks in both Chrome and Explorer 10. You’re not alone.
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Mary: what browser were you using? Was it the same ones as Jonathan identified: chrome and explorer 10?
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I had the same problem and I was using Safari.
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Same as Jonathon.
Was out of the country for a couple of weeks.
Noticed the problem when I returned Sunday.This morning got on the site fine. When I entered my login information the system went into a loop. Let it run for some time.
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While your at it the system keeps changing me to French. Reset it but the next time I change screens it goes back to French.
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I was having the same problem today as a little over a week ago.. It doesn’t recognize me when i’m on site and does that weird loopy thing trying to load once I sign in again. I find when I hit the refresh key it seems to right itself again. Using IE8 just in case
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John McLaughlan posted an update 2 days, 6 hours ago
There may be some of us who, while condemning the current scandal, nonetheless believe this helps us politically. I would urge caution against this line of thinking. Unless some new evidence comes forward that puts the Prime Minister at the irrefutable center of this scandal, this actually helps his cause. With disdain for the Senate at…[Read more]
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I disagree. A good strategist makes use of all the tools available to them, leveraging both positive and negative developments to their advantage.
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Jonathan: Excellent point: It is the function of her majesty’s loyal opposition to hold government to account in parliament. Ergo, both positive and negative outcomes need to be in play, else LPC is doing a poor job.
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I agree John. This is an area I would like to see a stronger Liberal policy take shape. But I also think we need to hammer Harper and the PMO. What happened with the Duffy bailout was terribly wrong – it “stinks” of something. It needs a full investigation.
On the other side, the LPC needs to clearly define our position on Senate Reform – whether…[Read more]
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We could start with this? I don’t know how that squares with Mr Dion’s views, but i have always liked the idea of a truly independent senate – although not an elected one.
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Mr Sorbara’s proposal is certainly an interesting one. I’m not sure about his claim that “Such reforms would require no new legislation”. For example, his calling for a 6 year term (renewable once) is one of the key questions put to the Supreme Court to rule on – can parliament make that fundamental a change without going through the…[Read more]
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I didn’t mean to imply we should just let this scandal fade into the back ground. I just meant we shouldn’t be sitting around with a sigh of relief that finally a scandal has struck and now we have a shot at winning.
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Jim Karygiannis posted an update 17 hours, 46 minutes ago
Jour de l’indépendance du Guyana
Déclaration de l’honorable Jim Karygiannis
député de Scarborough–Agincourt
et porte-parole libéral en matière de multiculturalismeJ’aimerais offrir mes meilleurs vœux aux membres de la communauté guyanienne du Canada à l’occasion du Jour de l’indépendance du Guyana.
Le Jour de l’indépendance est célébré le 26…[Read more]
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Jim Karygiannis posted an update 17 hours, 47 minutes ago
Guyanese Independence Day
Statement by the Honourable Jim Karygiannis,
Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Agincourt
and Liberal Critic for MulticulturalismI would like to take this opportunity to extend my best wishes to members of the Canadian Guyanese community on the occasion of Guyanese Independence Day.
Independence Day is celebrated on…[Read more]
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Edward Paskevich posted an update 6 days, 16 hours ago
#cannabis
Not in favour of legalization, decriminalization yesMany points of discussion in draft policy paper, comment only on very few:
Reduce access to youth-think not, people get asked outside of liquor stores to buy for the underage, and if that didn’t supply demand I know people would purchase legally for the sole purpose of dealing it…[Read more]
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Your concerns are largely addressable by legalization.
Youth access is essentially unlimited now, moving to a store based system allows for accountability and visibility. Here in PEI we just had our first tobacco sales audit ever come back with 0 sales to minors. I call that success. Drug dealers will not turn away youth, but the corner store…[Read more]
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I would be happy if those that vote negatively against my comments add an argument as to why they disagree. How can I have the opportunity to change my mind unless people like Christopher Stewart step up to the plate and provide reasons as to why I should change my mind?
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Edward, I think people may not be giving you much feedback because the issue of legalizing cannabis has been discussed at great length on this site already. If you want to read all the arguments against your position, use the #cannabis hashtag to find all the comments – happy reading!
But as long as I’m writing anyway:
1) The main argument…[Read more]
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Thank you Martin for the explanation about the site plus the comments!
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Edward Paskevich posted an update 6 days, 15 hours ago
#renewal
While I have no problems recognizing donors who have made significant personal contributions, aka The Laurier Club, when we talk about democratic renewal, I do have a problem when the benefits of the Club are (https://action.liberal.ca/en/laurier)“Invitations to exclusive Laurier Club events across the country, attended by prominent…[Read more]
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It’s a fund-raising club though, as I understand it. No different from the big dinners with guest speakers that one might pay an entry fee for.
People need to be enticed into joining, I personally don’t see anything wrong with the strategy so long as the party remains open to communication and holds other events.-
The problem is that you say the strategy is fine, but then you must add a qualifier (so long as the party remains open to communication and holds other events). I simply propose another way of recognizing the generosity of donors that does not imply that those who give the party money gain exclusive access to ‘prominent Liberals’. This as they…[Read more]
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Fair enough, but if not high profile events then what do you propose?
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High profile events are fine, high ticket costs are fine for a fundraiser. But then the topics on a fundraiser should not (for example) be discussions on items that will form national policy as it restricts those that cannot afford.
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I’ve long thought about joining the Laurier Club, but it just is not economically feasible for me (even with the tax credit). Although they are Liberals, I’ve often had a passing thought of an economic elite in our Party. I like my job, even if the pay isn’t the greatest, and I’m not at all bitter about other peoples success. However, from an…[Read more]
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Totally turns people off.
My only barrier to participation is economics, but I feel I have other valuable contributions to make, but they are not perceived as valuable.
Our society is full of examples of exclusion based on economic accessibility.
We as a society would never permit a physically disabled person from full participation, why do we…[Read more]
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It costs very little to be a member of the Party, and nothing to be a supporter. Both of which can and do contribute, and often I have had notes back from the MPs and the Party (obviously they can’t respond personally to every email). The Laurier Club is the only part of the Party I notice that I can’t participate in.
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I wish to make it clear I am only against the idea of privileged access, I in no way wish to discourage donations or end the Laurier Club. Just to find a way to acknowledge donors that does not give the appearance that money gives you input for policy that regular party members do not have.
It has been said ‘freedom isn’t free’, well democracy…[Read more]
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I think we are on the same page Edward.
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Consider that with the lead time we have before the next federal election, every donation could be as effective as your vote. As you would surely not miss your chance to vote, every donation now is a vote of NO to Stephen Harper’s vision of Canada. We can and will move back towards a country that the world respects and leads the developed nations…[Read more]
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If I am donating 10% of my disposable income annually, and it’s $100, it will not be recognized and acknowledged if 10% of my disposable income is $1000.
”ability to pay (donate)” needs to be a consideration
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Those who believe that being a member of Laurier Club provides you with ”exclusive access to prominent Liberals” and ”insider updates” are mistaken. Don’t believe in everything what’s written for public to see. Just try for one year to be a Laurier Club member and you see that nobody asks your opinion on political issues; you receive a…[Read more]
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Then I would be happy if they just changed the wording so that it does not give the appearance that money lets you be an insider. I didn’t suspect that it did given the leadership and direction of the party, but felt that it looks bad
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#renewal
I totally agree with you. Majority of the donors give money because they see it as their contribution to the cause they support; not because they are seeking a special status.
It’s so much to be done before 2015 if we are going to be perceived as New, Bold Liberal Party – the goal clearly set during 2012 Convention in Ottawa. I…[Read more]
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Well I suppose the Party can’t fix everything all at once, but hopefully this is something they are looking at. This is one of the things I like about the Party, not afraid to criticize ourselves and improve!
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Ray Singh posted an update 3 days, 14 hours ago
Canadians have been bombarded with Economic Action Plan advertisements indicating that Canada’s economy is growing and that it’s on the right track.
However this maybe false hope as the government has done very little to increase Canada’s ability to export goods and services and create incentives for domestic investment that will…[Read more]
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Bill Moses posted an update 3 days, 20 hours ago
Is the Canadian economy there to serve the people or are people there to serve the Canadian economy. Prior to all this free trade stuff we had a smaller economy and people had stable jobs. That economy served the people.
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Bill Moses posted an update 3 weeks ago
I watch Question Period pretty much every day. What I notice is a continuous reference to the term “middle class”. This term is surely being used to elicit support from some subset of the electorate. I can envision that a number of terms were presented to focus groups and “middle class” turned out to be a winner.
Who the aitch is the middle…[Read more]-
#middleclass
According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives … ”A number is never just a number”. And … ”It varies based on whether you look at family or individual income, provincial or national data, before or after tax.”http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/what-middle-class
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Hello Bill!
If you’re not ”poor” but you’re not ”rich” then you’re middle class
It also comes with the assumption of 2 parents, 2 cars, a house, a pet or two, and some pretty dark rose coloured glasses.
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Bill,
The term ‘middle class’ has traditionally been kept obscure on purpose, that way all Canadians tend to regard themselves as middle class regardless of their income status and thereby remain supportive of middle class initiatives. If the LPC intends to develop and implement policies that will genuinely improve the lot of and enlarge the…[Read more]
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Someone on TVOs The Agenda said that anyone with a good paying job would be in the middle class. That sounds as succinct as any answer I have heard. My good friend Tom who quit school at 16 and by age 21 (in the mid sixties) was working at GM in London was definitely middle class.
It seems to me that the only way to repopulate the middle class…[Read more]
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