Liberal convention... some results

• Reducing poverty by 30 per cent and child poverty by 50 per cent within five years — another idea championed by Dion;
  
• Bringing back the $5-billion Kelowna Accord for aboriginals, signed in 2005 by Paul Martin’s Liberal government and later scrapped by Harper;
  
• The creation of a national child-care program and improving home care;
  
• Creating a national housing policy;
  
• Expanding the power of the Canadian Human Rights Commission;
  
• Providing incentives for alternative energy, including wind and nuclear power; and,
  
• Allowing gay men to donate organs.
  

Reducing poverty by 30 per cent and child poverty by 50 per cent within five years — another idea championed by Dion;

grumpy old man wrote:I can understand the notion of doing away with poverty but the challenge is finding those folks a way to EARN their way out not hand outs...

Triniman wrote:

grumpy old man wrote:I can understand the notion of doing away with poverty but the challenge is finding those folks a way to EARN their way out not hand outs...

Totally agreed.

I am intrigued by Iggy's support of life-long learning.

Winklovic wrote:How can someone who has spent most of his adult life outside of Canada know what's best for Canada?

Pavolo wrote:At least he is not a control freak , who is scared of all the party and spends the day kissing ass.

Pavolo wrote:No but He strikes me as more confident then Harper and maybe a better player at the game . After all that's what it is a game , Harper is a very nervous leader . His mannerisms show it .

Freeman wrote:Did the Liberals have a group hug at the end of their convention as a sign of their commitment to make the world a better place and a show of solidarity behind their new leader who is only ind of Canadian?