A summary of what we have been advocating posed on Facebook this morning courtesy of Carey Miller.

Well, as a candidate for National Policy Chair (see below), my campaign team and I are arguing that the future of the party will depend in part on giving members a defining voice in shaping policy.

To give members such a voice committing to a process that is inclusive, responsible, empathetic, and evidence based will create an enormous context for change.

But this requires much more than ‘happy words’.

To make fundamental change what is required are architectural changes in particular amending the constitution to remove the leader’s veto over policy, and making the platform committee more democratic, an opportunity that members will have at the convention in part because of a submission that Sheila Gervais and I made as part of the roadmap to renewal process.

 

A Modest Proposal: Relationships and Representation

 

Relations et Representation

 

In addition, a vital piece of machinery is required to build the platform for a ‘constant Canadian conversation’ between members, their elected representatives, caucus members, and the leader.

 

My campaign has proposed working groups to be established around the ten priority resolutions that come from the biennial policy conventions. The discussion of this can be found here.

 

National Policy Chair: A Strategic Overview

 

Président National des Politiques: Une vue d'ensemble stratégique

 

 

If this puts you in a frame of mind to consider voting for me as National Policy Chair, or better still helping us at the convention, well that would be wonderful.

 

But in any event thanks for giving us the chance to make our pitch.

 

Paul Summerville