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« Reply #175 on: April 22, 2016, 08:15:30 PM »

I have to wonder that if the Official Languages Act had not been passed in the early 70s if so much emphasis would be placed on a leader's knowledge of French.

Was it like this prior to 1972?

I have to wonder whether if the Official Language Act had not been passed Quebec would even still be a part of Canada
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« Reply #176 on: April 22, 2016, 09:51:37 PM »

I have to wonder that if the Official Languages Act had not been passed in the early 70s if so much emphasis would be placed on a leader's knowledge of French.

Was it like this prior to 1972?

I have to wonder whether if the Official Language Act had not been passed Quebec would even still be a part of Canada

As someone from Quebec, most likely, perhaps as early the first referendum in 1980.
There is also a significant risk that the PLQ Allaire didn't cause ADQ splinter, but rather a pro-independence PLQ and a federalist-anglophone splinter instead.

In any case, Quebec would have been out by 1995.
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« Reply #177 on: April 25, 2016, 08:16:14 PM »

Is the talk about Naomi Klein semi-serious or should it just be ignored?
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« Reply #178 on: April 25, 2016, 08:29:07 PM »

Did the delegates pass the resolution to put having the Turks and Caicos join Canada as part of the NDP platform?
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« Reply #179 on: April 25, 2016, 08:57:25 PM »

Did the delegates pass the resolution to put having the Turks and Caicos join Canada as part of the NDP platform?

Like 90% of the resolutions, it didn't reached the floor, I would suppose.
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« Reply #180 on: April 25, 2016, 09:16:52 PM »

Is the talk about Naomi Klein semi-serious or should it just be ignored?

First of all she speaks no French so IGNORE
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« Reply #181 on: April 27, 2016, 07:25:24 AM »

No surprise here, Niki Ashton is also mulling another run
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/mp-ashton-mulls-another-bid-for-federal-ndp-leadership-377177011.html

Might be more successful then the last time? although i'm not sure she is has prominent outside the party as she is in. She has been getting good media coverage as of late though, and is a young, articulate, fluent in 4 languages female leader who's got tons of experience already. She was pretty high on my list last time, 3rd for me.
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« Reply #182 on: April 27, 2016, 09:03:10 AM »
« Edited: April 27, 2016, 09:15:36 AM by Vega »

Ashton is good, I remember her being backed by the Socialist Caucus and is on the left wing but could win.

I thought it was odd though how she gave her Convention speech last time in Spanish and Greek, in addition to English and French. It just served to make it more jumbled than it needed to be.
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« Reply #183 on: April 27, 2016, 03:52:43 PM »

Well, her dad is going to have a lot more time to help her this time around.
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« Reply #184 on: April 27, 2016, 04:52:38 PM »

Ashton is good, I remember her being backed by the Socialist Caucus and is on the left wing but could win.

I thought it was odd though how she gave her Convention speech last time in Spanish and Greek, in addition to English and French. It just served to make it more jumbled than it needed to be.

She certainly did not solicit the support of those Socialist Caucus lunatics...and was probably embarrassed to get their endorsement. I wonder what she would have to say about the "Leap Manifesto" given that she represents a totally primary resource extraction based riding in northern Manitoba
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« Reply #185 on: April 28, 2016, 07:27:28 AM »

Dewar says he's not considering a bid. Dippers, any idea when the party executive will meet?
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« Reply #186 on: April 28, 2016, 07:39:16 AM »

Ashton is good, I remember her being backed by the Socialist Caucus and is on the left wing but could win.

I thought it was odd though how she gave her Convention speech last time in Spanish and Greek, in addition to English and French. It just served to make it more jumbled than it needed to be.

She certainly did not solicit the support of those Socialist Caucus lunatics...and was probably embarrassed to get their endorsement. I wonder what she would have to say about the "Leap Manifesto" given that she represents a totally primary resource extraction based riding in northern Manitoba

Actually Churchill—Keewatinook Aski is pretty diverse economically when you look at the different communities, Mining and Tourism tend to be the most dominant though:

Churchill - Tourism/Eco-tourism, Transportation hub, Healthcare and Research
Flin Flon - Mining (major employment), Services (public and retail/commercial), oddly enough marijuana production
The Pas -  agriculture, forestry, commercial fishing, tourism, transportation, and services
Thompson - Minning, Energy, Services, Government (health, education) transportation

 
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« Reply #187 on: May 05, 2016, 07:46:49 PM »

Crap fundraising creating pressure for an early convention. Executive convenes on the 15th.
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« Reply #188 on: May 08, 2016, 05:08:27 PM »

Division over whether the date should be this fall, next winter or later.
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« Reply #189 on: May 08, 2016, 05:48:06 PM »


From the article:
Leaders must be elected by secret ballot; every party member is entitled to cast a ballot; and voting is held in rounds, such that candidates with the least support get dropped off the list until a front-runner has 50 per cent of the votes plus one.

How does this voting work, are the 'rounds' an instant run-off, or are they genuine rounds involving people needing to vote again either on the same day or on a later day?
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« Reply #190 on: May 08, 2016, 06:50:08 PM »


From the article:
Leaders must be elected by secret ballot; every party member is entitled to cast a ballot; and voting is held in rounds, such that candidates with the least support get dropped off the list until a front-runner has 50 per cent of the votes plus one.

How does this voting work, are the 'rounds' an instant run-off, or are they genuine rounds involving people needing to vote again either on the same day or on a later day?

If it's like 2012, then it's both. People who mail in their vote do so by IRV, and those who go to the convention can vote in each round, separately.
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« Reply #191 on: May 08, 2016, 06:51:38 PM »


From the article:
Leaders must be elected by secret ballot; every party member is entitled to cast a ballot; and voting is held in rounds, such that candidates with the least support get dropped off the list until a front-runner has 50 per cent of the votes plus one.

How does this voting work, are the 'rounds' an instant run-off, or are they genuine rounds involving people needing to vote again either on the same day or on a later day?

If it's like 2012, then it's both. People who mail in their vote do so by IRV, and those who go to the convention can vote in each round, separately.

Thanks!
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« Reply #192 on: May 11, 2016, 07:26:16 AM »

Grenier crunches fundraising numbers.
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« Reply #193 on: May 11, 2016, 07:33:20 AM »

Why do Canadian parties wait so long to hold their leadership elections?
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« Reply #194 on: May 11, 2016, 07:38:26 AM »

Depends on circumstances, but usually one or more of money, time, logistics and personal preference. As the article says, BC and Ontario NDP don't want an overlap with their own elections.
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« Reply #195 on: May 11, 2016, 06:58:21 PM »
« Edited: May 11, 2016, 07:50:12 PM by RogueBeaver »

Brass worried about a long race draining coffers.

Mulcair expects his leadership to end within a year.
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« Reply #196 on: May 12, 2016, 09:32:25 AM »

What if the NDP held a leadership convention and nobody ran?
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« Reply #197 on: May 12, 2016, 09:26:10 PM »

Singh is open to a run.
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« Reply #198 on: May 15, 2016, 03:27:41 PM »
« Edited: May 15, 2016, 04:24:15 PM by RogueBeaver »

Date will be between Sept. 17 and Oct. 31 of next year. Nominations open July 2, filing fee is $30k, spending cap $1.5M.
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« Reply #199 on: May 16, 2016, 12:34:24 PM »

Cullen strongly leaning against running.
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