Racism that the Liberals don #39;t care about
I could #39;ve made the typical "it #39;s bad for White people to be racist, but Black people can get away with it!" type of video, but I chose to go with something ...
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Racism that the Liberals don't care about - Video
'Black Ops': Young Liberal Aaron Henry. Photo: Rob Homer
They were Young Liberals on a covert mission, codenamed Black Ops. The dress code was black, the meeting time was 10pm, and it was BYO ladder. Their mission: to tear down ''illegally'' posted campaign posters on telegraph poles, allegedly including their own.
Inspired by the buff Brad Pitt in cult movie Fight Club, a former adviser to minister Chris Hartcher fired off an email on August 11, 2011, to whip the party's youngest members into action.
Aaron Henry, the author of the missive, assured the Independent Commission Against Corruption that they were not waging a covert war on their political opponents and were even removing their own posters.
Tim Koelma leaving ICAC. Photo: Rob Homer
''Come on Mr Henry! Are you telling us that ''Black Ops'' was Young Liberals sneaking out at night, removing your own signs?'' said Geoffrey Watson, SC, counsel assisting the commission.
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''It's a light hearted thing in order to help keep Young Liberals engaged and meeting us to go out and do work at 10pm at night,'' said Mr Henry.
An incredulous Mr Watson said that it was more likely the group was ''slashing'' the posters of their political rivals, but Mr Henry insisted this was a very small part of the crack team's work.
No one talks: Charles Perrottet leaves the ICAC with his counsel yesterday. Photo: Rob Homer
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Young Liberals' Fight Club
MONTREALIs there much life for Justin Trudeaus federal Liberals in francophone Quebec in the absence of a unity debate? Not necessarily, according to the first Quebec-only poll released since the April 7 election.
The CROP poll suggests that the return to power of the provincial Liberals has left their federal cousins with little wind in their sails.
With all federalist indicators flashing green; with support for sovereignty standing at less than 30 per cent, the NDP is riding high among francophone voters (38 per cent) while Trudeaus Liberals (24 per cent) are being pushed back to the sidelines.
With numbers like that, Trudeau would hold his existing seats on the island of Montreal , where he enjoys the strong support of anglophone and allophone voters, but the party would remain shut out of the bulk of the province.
In the absence of gains in Quebec the Liberal leader could face long odds on winning enough seats to form a government in next years federal election.
There is little new to what plagues Trudeaus party in Quebec.
For almost four decades the party has done best when the PQ was solidly in the saddle provincially and poorly in more federalist circumstances.
Over the past few years, that trend has been compounded by the 2011 NDP sweep , the partys choice of Mulcair as leader and, more recently, by the PQs rout.
Philippe Couillards victory has killed the 2015 scenario of a federalist call to arms under the flag of the federal party that successfully fought the two Quebec referendums and that set out rules for a future vote on the provinces future in the Clarity Act.
It is a rare couple that looks for marriage counselling on the heels of renewing its wedding day vows.
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Federal Liberals adrift in Quebec: Hbert
'Black Ops': Young Liberal Aaron Henry. Photo: Rob Homer
They were Young Liberals on a covert mission, codenamed Black Ops. The dress code was black, the meeting time was 10pm, and it was BYO ladder. Their mission: to tear down ''illegally'' posted campaign posters on telegraph poles, allegedly including their own.
Inspired by the buff Brad Pitt in cult movie Fight Club, a former adviser to minister Chris Hartcher fired off an email on August 11, 2011, to whip the party's youngest members into action.
Aaron Henry, the author of the missive, assured the Independent Commission Against Corruption that they were not waging a covert war on their political opponents and were even removing their own posters.
Tim Koelma leaving ICAC. Photo: Rob Homer
''Come on Mr Henry! Are you telling us that ''Black Ops'' was Young Liberals sneaking out at night, removing your own signs?'' said Geoffrey Watson, SC, counsel assisting the commission.
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''It's a light hearted thing in order to help keep Young Liberals engaged and meeting us to go out and do work at 10pm at night,'' said Mr Henry.
An incredulous Mr Watson said that it was more likely the group was ''slashing'' the posters of their political rivals, but Mr Henry insisted this was a very small part of the crack team's work.
No one talks: Charles Perrottet leaves the ICAC with his counsel yesterday. Photo: Rob Homer
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OTTAWA - Stephen Harper's Conservative party is hanging on to the title of champion federal fundraiser but Justin Trudeau's Liberals are closing in fast.
Fundraising reports for the first quarter of 2014, filed with Elections Canada, show the Liberals are the party with the most money momentum.
The governing Tories raked in the most: almost $4.6 million, up only marginally over the same quarter last year.
The Liberals raised almost $3.8 million, more than double the party's $1.7 million take during the same period a year ago.
The NDP also upped its game, raising just over $2.5 million in the first three months of 2014, up from $1.6 million in the first quarter last year.
The Liberals also show the most momentum in terms of the number of Canadians willing to donate to the party, with 34,945 contributors, compared to 31,765 for the Conservatives and 21,748 for the NDP.
For the Liberals, the number of donors is up more than 12,000 from the same period last year; the NDP is up about 3,000 while the Conservatives actually lost about 7,000 donors.
By The Canadian Press