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Saturday, 7 May 2011
And leadership does not consist of seeking to avoid the clear wording of the Constitution of the Liberal Party so as to suit the needs of certain party officers.
What we need to rebuild the Liberal Party is strong, decisive leadership, from a strong, decisive leader. We do not need waffling or subversion of the party's Constitution, or fear of the future.
Justin Trudeau recognizes that just a name does not cut it; that the rebuilding needs to start from the bottom up, and is not just a job that can miraculously be done by only one person, a new messiah-leader. This is how Susan Delacourt put it:
LIKE IT? CLICK HERE TO READ MORECan a new leader fix the Liberals? Call this the oh-no-not-again scenario. The most blunt answer to that question arrived in the immediate aftermath of defeat last week — and it came from Justin Trudeau, the 39-year-old son of the former prime minister, re-elected on Monday night in the Quebec riding of Papineau.Trudeau was asked by the CBC about the fact his name has risen to the top of prospective successors to Michael Ignatieff. His reply was a cold bucket
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