tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post8363815141382901609..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Tom Axworthy: Only re-energized crew can bail out sinking Liberal shipUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-81568353250623813682008-10-20T13:50:00.000-04:002008-10-20T13:50:00.000-04:00I can't give you names, Jason, but I can give you ...I can't give you names, Jason, but I can give you a few hundred senior Liberals, Liberal sources, unnamed MPs, long-time Liberals, and so on...oh, and Joe Volpe.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-60517324419859840162008-10-18T14:45:00.000-04:002008-10-18T14:45:00.000-04:00Find me one - just one Liberal of any note - who h...Find me one - just one Liberal of any note - who has suggested that if we just replace the leader we'll be fine.<BR/><BR/>'Cause I haven't heard that claim. And knocking down that straw man is not the same thing as proving that we're better off keeping Dion.<BR/><BR/>The party needed reform two years ago. Everyone said so. What has Dion done?Gauntlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061438876627317881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-55217767439825783892008-10-18T14:44:00.000-04:002008-10-18T14:44:00.000-04:00Besides having some form of proportional represent...Besides having some form of proportional representation in Canada, parties need to allow for meaningful participation at the riding level. That means allowing local members the ability to directly choose the leader through one member-one vote or one hundered votes per riding. They need to be able to nominate the local candidate rather than have the leader appoint him or her. Those candidates need to be able to voice their own opinions about local issues rather than be scripted by the party leaders as is the case in the Conservative Party. Otherwise, we'll see less people participating in politics and fewer people voting.Skinny Dipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818163310102120130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-91202884661413564562008-10-18T12:40:00.000-04:002008-10-18T12:40:00.000-04:00I've always voted Liberal. Immediately following t...I've always voted Liberal. Immediately following this election, I was exhausted by it all and began to rethink my loyalty.<BR/><BR/>Here's my # 1 complaint:-<BR/><BR/>The Liberals have not listened to Canadians in a very long time. Our # 1 concern, need and priority is healthcare. Stop telling us what we care about and LISTEN when we say what our concerns are! Chretien and Martin did next to nothing. Here in Ontario, McGuinty is severely hurting my city by not addressing the healthcare emergency. And it is a dire emergency.<BR/><BR/>Hire more staff for hospitals. Hire more doctors for private practices. Hire more specialists and stop restricting surgeries and access to MRIs and PET scans. Build more long-term care facilities NOW. Pay homecare nurses and support staff more money - that service has been decimated in the last year in my city. One year ago, the VON here had 18 homecare nurses. Now, they have only 2. Because the money isn't enough and the hours are horrendous. The overload due to short staff is too much for nurses to bear. So they're all quitting.<BR/><BR/>I can guarantee you, if the Liberals make healthcare their main priority now, they will immediately recover. Immediately. Across Canada, this is our number one concern. Why are the Liberals ignoring it? <BR/><BR/>Because of this, I'm not voting Liberal anymore. Now this, I am a life long Liberal as were my parents and my siblings. But form now on, I'll vote NDP (and I detest Layton!)because they are the only party hearing Canadians anymore. I would prefer to vote Green but they are too small for influence and also don't focus on healthcare. I can't abide the Conservatives and they always cut healthcare. <BR/><BR/>So Jeff, you have insider access, tell the Liberals to wake up and pay attention. I really like Dion. Rae will never win Ontario. Iggy is too USA. The Liberals need to turf the old guard entirely and get people like Kennedy, or anyone who listens to Canadians. Then all they need to do is give voice to us lowly citizens. That's their job after all.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18086806136348506471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-4741426558500204842008-10-18T12:23:00.000-04:002008-10-18T12:23:00.000-04:00hhmmm... I joined over Dion's green policy ideas.hhmmm... I joined over Dion's green policy ideas.Mark Richard Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331995640397477486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-78601297148179267712008-10-18T11:53:00.000-04:002008-10-18T11:53:00.000-04:00Those are excellent ideas. Thanks for sharing the...Those are excellent ideas. Thanks for sharing the column.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com