The Liberal Leadership Race

Well maybe this is gonna be more fun than I thought. This Joe Volpe thing just will not die a quiet death, much to the dismay of many in the Liberal party. Already, a few Liberals are starting to call for him to drop out of the race, realizing that this is only reinforcing many Canadians impression of the Liberal party. The National Post has also thrown in its opinion as well.

As well, his campaigns heavy handed tactics in shutting down the youthforjoevolpe.com website has backfired quite badly. Blue Blogging Soapbox has listed several mirrors that sprung up almost immediately after the site was taken down. This episode gives the appearance that the Liberals are trying to stifle free speech, as the registrar of the site took it down after being threatened with legal action by Volpe's campaign. Stephen Taylor has many of the details of the whole thing. A group of bloggers has begun calling out Volpe on the censorship issue, I encourage you to check them out (near the bottom of the article).

One issue that has been brushed aside in this whole deal is the loans that many of the campaigns received. This includes loans made by Ken Dryden and Martha Hall Findlay made to themselves(read more about it here). Now this confuses me, how exactly do you make a loan to yourself? Because I could really use a new car. There is also the fact that several of the candidates received rather large loans from some prominent businessmen and the possibility that these loans won't have to be paid back. Hopefully more details on this will emerge soon.