Fleishman Hillard: The Political View

Sunday, March 28, 2010 marked the final day of the federal Liberal’s Canada at 150 policy conference in Montreal. While it’s still early and many pundits are mulling over whether the weekend can be called a success for the Liberal Party, some poor Liberal staffer in Ottawa is likely going to have to right up a report on the positive and negative aspects of Canada at 150. Perhaps the following could help.

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With the Grammy Awards being handed out last Sunday in Los Angeles, it got me thinking, what are federal politicians listening to these days on their iPod or Zune during this time of prorogation? No doubt many are rocking out to Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers in the privacy of their own homes, but would [...]

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There is no discipline in the Liberal ranks today. Backbenchers can vote against their party. Critics can question their OWN policies. The spouses of former leaders can attack him at will. Former employees can question his credibility. All apparently without consequence. If you let your own caucus run roughshod over you, how can you expect [...]

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Well, yesterday was not exactly a red letter day for the Liberal Party.  It started with a news report based on the most recent Ipsos Reid poll that indicates that the Liberal Party under Michael Ignatieff would face an even worse electoral loss than it did last year under Stephane Dion.  That’s not good news [...]

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What is increasingly apparent is that the Liberal Party is unable to articulate why it would be a better Government and why Michael Ignatieff would be a better Prime Minister. Much has changed since the Liberal Leader boldly announced his intentions to defeat the Government at the first available opportunity. It would seem, of late, [...]

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