New Liberal Leader Stephane Dion announced today that he will be protecting incumbent MPs who are seeking re-election and not forcing them to fight nomination battles. This move makes sense and has been the de facto policy of Liberal Leaders for as long as I can remember with the exception of Paul Martin (in some cases) during the run-up to the 2004 campaign. I applaud Dion for this move - it allows incumbents to worry about their work and not allow hostile riding takeovers such as the one that Joe Volpe launched on Roy Cullen during the leadership campaign result in incumbents getting kneecapped.
His second announcement was to name a women's candidate search director - in theory another good move. Unfortunately, where the rubber hits the road on this one is the less than stellar quality of his appointment, Linda Julien. A three-time defeated former Liberal candidate and patronage appointee. Hopefully, Nicole Foster-Woollatt and Belinda Stronach will bring some dynamism to the process.
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ouch.
Who is Linda Julien?
On top of being a 3 time loser as a liberal candidate and former patronage appointee to the Veterans Appeal Board for 5-6 years, I believe she was a lawyer and until recently the coach of the NJ Devils - sorry, that was Claude Julien.
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