Liberal brass approve tighter rules on interim leader

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Liberal brass have approved rules which seemed designed to prevent Bob Rae and Ralph Goodale from becoming interim leader of the decimated party.

The party's national board has issued a final statement outlining a plan to defer a vote for permanent leader for up to two years and laying down conditions for choosing an acting leader in the interim.

The final plan, obtained by The Canadian Press, is not much different than a draft plan leaked Monday, which seemed designed to prevent Toronto MP Rae from becoming interim leader if he has full-time leadership ambitions.

But the final plan now stipulates that the interim leader must be bilingual, whereas the draft had suggested a unilingual leader would be acceptable provided that a "native francophone" deputy was appointed.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/05/10/pol-liberal-rules-cp.html

Would seem that anyone interested in the direction of the federal Liberal party should join the party and contribute to the future of Canada.

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1. Tim Harper: Hugs, tears and bickering on the Liberal agenda

When the walking wounded of the Liberal party gather here Wednesday, there will be tears and there will be hugs.

But there will also be heat.

A party trying to buy some time and wean itself from its unhealthy fixation with leadership politics is, predictably, involved in another squabble over leadership.

The party has twisted itself into a pretzel dealing with the leadership aspirations of Bob Rae and conditions for a leadership race outlined by the party’s national board.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/989059--tim-harper-hugs-tears-and-bickering-on-the-liberal-agenda?bn=1