Why I Would Vote for Justin Trudeau as the New Liberal Leader

The Liberal Party needs a shake up. And they need to schedule a leadership convention sooner rather than later.

Generate a bit of excitement, before they fade away into political oblivion.

These next four years, the focus will be on the Conservatives and the NDP. Harper will push through his agenda and the official opposition will be powerless to stop it. But if the Liberals protest loudly, rally advocates and make a lot of noise, they could very well launch the Progressive Revolution we hoped to have this election.

Canada's Conservative party is part of a movement. The NDP began as a movement but has became too political. Some of their supporters suggest they tap into J.S. Wordsworth, the founder of the party, so it's time the Liberals tapped into the Trudeau era, re-fighting battles we already won.

And Justin Trudeau would be the perfect leader. He's young, hard working, gorgeous, and has the name recognition required to generate the nostalgia required to get this country back on track.

Layton threw his lot in with the wrong person, and he'll have to deal with his error in judgement on his own.

Lawrence Martin believes that the Liberal Party must now turn to to their youth, as the path to renewal, and I agree.

It is said that Trudeau will never be accepted by the West and that he's too arrogant. But c'mom, few Liberals are accepted by the West, and it requires a bit of arrogance to become a politician, believing that you can get people to vote for you.

Michael Ignatieff has shown us that qualifications mean nothing. And the Layton "surge" showed us that people are into superficial. They'll vote for someone they've never seen or heard from, if it makes them feel good.

Choosing an older person to lead, means that they'll be four years older by the time the next election rolls around. Justin Trudeau will be 44. Just five years younger than his dad, when he became prime minister.

We can write the Conservative attack ads now, but who cares?

I hope the Party takes Martin's advise and chooses youth. If not, I see the party ending up in the political graveyard.

Shake it Up Baby - If an Election Were Held Today Liberals Would Have a Minority

This is my feel good song. I was a teeny bopper when the Beatles first became famous, and I think this was the first record (yes record) I ever bought. I also remember when they were on the Ed Sullivan show, sitting on the floor, waiting for them to appear. When Paul shook his head Oooooooo ... why I got the vapours.

Not really. Not vapours anyway, but probably weak knees. Black and white TV with rabbit ears, but it was still pretty amazing.

OK, enough of that.

A new poll today reveals that if an election were held now, the Liberals would beat the Ref-Cons by 3 seats. So lets shake it up baby.

January 21, 2010
Liberals could skate ahead of Tories on prorogation, poll finds
Jane Taber

1. Prorogation still resonates. Stephen Harper’s decision to shut down Parliament continues to bedevil him, with a new EKOS poll showing Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals are for the first time since late summer in a dead heat with the Conservatives ....

2. Michael Ignatieff takes to cyberspace. The Liberal Leader is holding a town hall via computer this afternoon; it’s expected that many of the questions he is asked will relate to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to shut down Parliament. ...

The Liberal Team - the Party of Vision

I'm doing something a little different with my blog, trying to organize archives, etc. so I'm using this page to link my stories of the Liberal Party MPs, etc.

It's not enough just to remind Canadians not to vote for Stephen Harper, but we have to provide an alternative.

Feel free to use anything.

We've got to start preparing ourselves for the next election, by reminding Canadians that Stephen Harper is not the only problem this party has. They are the wrong fit for Canada and really must be put out to pasture, before they completely destroy this country.

Liberal MPs

Bob Rae

Candidates

Irwin Cotler

Martha Hall Findlay

Omar Alghabra

Peter Milliken

Scott Brison

Ujjal Dosanjh

Canada Wins Another Fossil Award But the Young Liberals Save the Day

Once again Canada was the recipient of the Fossil of the Day Award at Copenhagen, because of our government's determined effort to undermine negotiations.

Harper announced he was going to Copenhagen, suggesting that he was taking a foot forward. But then in Korea he was quoted as saying that he was going to use his position with the G20 to convince other Nations not to do a thing until we have a complete economic recovery.

The way they are spending our money, I'm not seeing that happening anytime soon.

Fortunately the Young Liberals are there, doing their best to put Canada in a better light. They are truly inspirational. You can follow their activities here.