Jeff points to Ignatieff in the Hill-Times endorsing the One Member One Vote constitutional proposal that will be voted on at the Liberal Convention in the upcoming week. Brief snippet:
It’s not a detail, it’s not housecleaning; it changes the way the party works. It says to everybody who want s to join our party, ‘If you join our party you get to vote for the man or woman who may be the prime minister of your country—so join the party.’
So along with Rocco Rossi, the National Director who has long publicly endorsed OMOV, the leader of the Liberal Party speaks out and shows he is in favour of this important democratic reform. To say this is a significant development is an understatement.
Mary! Mary! Quite CONtrary…
Crickets.
Iggy pretends to endorse democracy…. except when it comes to running for the leadership of the LPC.
[...] great that the Liberal Party is finally getting with the program when it comes to OMOV but allow me to challenge this notion that votes should be “weighted” so [...]