It’s been an exciting week to be a Liberal.
National Caucus began Monday with MPs reaching out to the community in Northern Ontario, highlighting Sudbury’s role as a model for Canadian economic development and diversification, world class post-secondary education and research facilities, and top-notch health care provision. While MP Justin Trudeau visited Laurentian University and MP Marc Garneau toured Science North (pictured below), MP Maria Minna led meetings with local women’s organizations (also pictured below), and Michael Ignatieff met with striking workers from Vale Inco.
Tuesday began with news that the Liberal Party of Canada had signed up its 100,000th member, an extraordinary accomplishment since the party started the year with under 30,000 members. Just how far have we come? Watch the “Road to 100,000 members photo slideshow” below to see some of the most memorable scenes from the past 8 months.
But the main event was, without a doubt, Michael’s speech at the official opening of National Caucus Tuesday afternoon, in which he announced that the Liberal Party will no longer support the Harper government. Here’s a video excerpt of a key passage from that speech.
The leader spoke again that evening to a packed rally of local Liberals. Wednesday, meanwhile, was wrap-up day at National Caucus and Michael again addressed media at a press conference. In case you missed Michael’s remarks, here’s an excerpt:
“Canadians know the economic game has changed. When you are on a wharf and a fisherman says I have got to sell more lobster tails in Macau, China, you know you are looking at Canadians who get that our economy has to change … I want to give Canada and our party wants to give Canada the leadership that is worthy of those aspirations and dreams. Because I heard a lot of Canadian dreams this summer. And that is what was inspiring. And it is that you gradually come to that feeling that, boy, we really can do better here and Canadians deserve better. It is not just we can do better, but we deserve to do better.”
You can read the rest of his answer in this previous post.
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