A brief history of a long Liberal history of talking about reform

We've all been absorbed since the election with issues of Liberal Party reform, and over the last week I've made my own contributions to the debate:

May 5, 2011: Renewing the Liberal Party: Leadership

May 6, 2011: Real change isn't forced top-down

May 7, 2011: Reforming the Liberal Party: At the top, part one

May 9, 2011: Reforming the Liberal Party: At the top, part two
May 9, 2011: Members shouldn't read about constitutional proposals in press leaks

May 11, 2011: Reforming the Liberal Party: Who are we and why are we here?

Of course, writing at length about Liberal Party reform is hardly a new activity; in fact, there's a long and rich history of writing about the need to reform the Liberal Party:

June 24, 2006: It's not just about the leader: We need real reform

August 25, 2006: Tie a Red Ribbon around that sagging Liberal tree...

November 20, 2008: Bob Rae on party reform

April 30, 2009: Liberal Party self-introspection, Part XVI: Change Commission

April 30, 2009: Video: John Turner at Council of Presidents

May 5, 2009: Constitutional plenary thoughts: OMOV, ex-officios and much more

The point being, we've been debating a lot of this stuff for years. I'm hopeful that perhaps now, with a Conservative majority, with the party in the wilderness, the scale will finally tip away from inaction hoping for a quick fix and return to glory. Instead, maybe we'll finally move past just talking about reform and, once we have some consensus, actually begin to move forward on it.

Talk is important. But so is action. After six weeks in B.C. for the election and another week in San Francisco for work, I'm heading back to Toronto tonight and I'm looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and getting to work.

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