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Liberals in the News More news on the French page... Manley Receives Conservation Award Tom Manley, co-owner of Homestead Organics in Berwick received a marked paddle from Charles Billington, with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority at the inaugural Tri-Valley Conservation Awards Gala in Manotick on Oct. 22. Dion is staying – for now Stephane Dion’s decision to resign as Liberal leader following the next party leadership convention came as a surprise to few Liberals in the region, even those who staunchly support him. Are the Liberals in a death spiral? Globe and Mail Update October 21, 2008 at 4:10 PM EDT The Liberal Party of Canada is the most successful political party in Western democracy. It is Canada's natural governing party. A Liberal leader inevitably becomes Prime Minister. History is littered with the corpses of successful political parties. Grit Green Shift’s DNA unearthed in Berwick Chesterville Record, September 17th 2008, Nelson Zandbergen BERWICK — It’s not entirely coincidental that Liberal leader Stephane Dion’s Green Shift platform has echoes of a Tom Manley stump speech from the elections of 2003 and 2004, back when the Berwick resident was trying to capture this riding for the Green Party. Dion pitches ‘green shift’
Dion told a local audience the Liberals’ proposal to shift taxes onto emissions, pollution and waste is gaining support across the country as a way of tackling the challenge of climate change. The leader said he hopes to build a coalition of support for the plan that extends beyond traditional party lines.
MP, Dion at loggerheads Tory claims that the Liberals' "Green Shift" plan will negatively impact farmers and rural Canadians simply aren't true, said party leader Stéphane Dion. "If it was true then economists around the country would say the same thing. The overwhelming majority of them are saying we're doing the right thing," said Dion in an interview with the Standard- Freeholder on Tuesday. The federal Liberals in SDSG submit two policy resolutions. During a regional policy meeting in Perth on June 28th, 2008, the Liberals of SDSG submitted two policy resolutions. They were unanimously adopted by the assembly and will be submitted to the next Ontario federal Liberal convention.
Wayne Easter and Bob Kilger join Tom Manley for a celebration Chesterville Record - Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 "Organic production is the fastest growing sector in the agricultural sector. We all know that rural Canada and farming is in trouble. Part of it is due to the concentration of power in the corporate sector. Part of it is that everyone else in the corporate chain is making a profit with the exception of the farmer and the producers," said Wayne Easter, Liberal opposition critic for agriculture. Easter Speaks at Organic Farm Event
Monday, September 10, 2007 (Hunter River, September 10, 2007) Agriculture Critic, Wayne Easter spoke at Homestead Organics, Berwick,Ontario on September 8, 2007. Homestead Organics is celebrating their 10 years of service as a supplier of organic farm supplies to the farming industry. |
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leader Stéphane Dion visited Cornwall Wednesday to tout the
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