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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
It appears that Faytene has Higgs unwavering support, but, I wish there was some way to prevent nomination meetings from being overwhelmed by outside candidates showing up with several hundred new party-members-of-convenience, only there to hijack the meeting. Personally, I would institute a rule that only party members in good standing for at least 2-3 years have the right to vote.
The party nomination stage is the weakest link in our democracy.
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Disagree- parties use nominations to drive new member recruitment across Canada. Party membership is tepid in Canada, with the intermittent exception of free Liberal memberships doled out during leadership votes, it's hard to drive new members. Showing up with hundreds of new supporters is good, especially when ridings have such small populations. Jake Stewart, AFAIK, turned his failed PC leadership bid's supporter list into taking out a Liberal incumbent federally. Closed-door nominations get you sclerotic failure walking dead parties like the UK Tories.
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