Canada: Liberals end convention with president, resolution to legalize pot

from the Toronto Star:



OTTAWA—Liberals are pinning their 2015 revival hopes on a new president, a whole new approach to building political support — and maybe even a puff or two of marijuana.

Backers came out of a weekend convention here shaking off reports of the party’s demise and insisting the internal changes they made will make the Liberals ready to take on Conservatives and New Democrats in the next election.

Liberal interim leader Bob Rae said the structural overhaul of the Liberal party — the creation of a new cadre of “supporters” — was the big achievement of the weekend.

“The most important issues for the party, with respect to policy, is this question of the structure of the party. That’s the most significant issue . . . . We’ve opened up the party, that we’ve actually transformed the party — there’s no comparison with either the NDP or the Conservatives,” Rae said. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1115911--liberals-end-2012-convention-with-internal-changes-new-president-resolution-to-legalize-pot?bn=1