Cocktail federal Liberals (Martini and otherwise) are in for a busy week. Tonight, former Ontario premier Bob Rae will be attending a reception at the landlocked Princess Mary Restaurant in Victoria - having already made a campaign swing through the Lower Mainland yesterday. And, tomorrow, fellow leadership candidate Gerard Kennedy makes his first Garden City appearance at the Victoria Events Centre. Other Kennedy campaign events include a Vancouver breakfast meeting at the party's British Columbia headquarters and a scratch and sniff event in Nanaimo hosted by former Nanaimo-Cowichan candidate Lloyd Macilquham. Meanwhile, as reported by CKNW earlier this morning, Vancouver Centre MP is set to announce her intent to run for the Liberal leadership at the Vancouver Rowing Club this Thursday. The following are copies of the internal emails announcing those events.
From: LPCBC Info
Sent: April 26, 2006 5:22 PM
Subject: Meet Bob Rae
You are invited to meet Bob Rae:
Sunday, April 30
Surrey: 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Central City Brewing Company, 13450 - 102 Avenue, Surrey
Across the street from the Surrey Central SkyTrain Station. At the base of the Central City Tower adjacent to the Central City Mall (formerly the Surrey Place Mall).
(There is no charge. All members and friends are welcome.)
Vancouver: 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Plaza 500 Hotel, 500 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver
At the corner of Cambie Street and West 12th Avenue
(There is no charge. All members and friends are welcome.)
Monday, May 1
Nanaimo: 12:00 noon
Howard Johnson Hotel, 1 Terminal Avenue, Nanaimo
(Cost: $20.00. This is a fund raising event for the Nanaimo-Alberni Federal Liberal Association.)
Victoria: 7:00 p.m.
Princess Mary Restaurant, 358 Harbour Street, Victoria
(There is no charge. All members and friends are welcome.)
For information about Bob Rae, please follow one of these links:
http://www.bobrae.ca
http://www.blograe.com
LPCBC is pleased to provide promotional e-mails for any declared or perspective leadership candidates. The e-mails will be sent to all members of the Liberal Party of Canada in BC and may include details of the event and a candidate bio or website link.
This is neither intended nor should be interpreted as an endorsement or support of any particular candidate for the upcoming leadership race in the Liberal Party of Canada but rather a chance to meet and help form the debate to ensure BC issues are front and centre. We think it is important to have an open dialogue about the future of our Party and who should lead it.
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From: LPCBC INFO
Sent: April 28, 2006 6:23 PM
Subject: Meet Gerard Kennedy
You are invited to meet Gerard Kennedy
Monday, May 1, 2006
Sheraton Guildford, Tynehead Room
15269 104th Avenue, Surrey
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Youth Event (all Liberal Members are invited to attend):
The Annex
307 West Cordova, Vancouver
8:00 PM
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Breakfast with Gerard Kennedy
LPCBC Headquarters
Suite 460 - 580 Hornby St., Vancouver
7:45 AM to 8:45 AM
Residence of Lloyd Macilquham
5682 Yorkshire Terrace, Nanaimo
12:00 PM
The Victoria Events Centre
1415 Broad Street, Victoria (Across from A Channel News)
5:00 PM until 6:30 PM
Please feel free to forward to friends and interested Liberals.
For more information please contact: 604-288-7787 or www.gerardkennedy.ca
LPCBC is pleased to provide promotional e-mails for any declared or perspective leadership candidates. The e-mails will be sent to all members of the Liberal Party of Canada in BC and may include details of the event and a candidate bio or website link.
This is neither intended nor should be interpreted as an endorsement or support of any particular candidate for the upcoming leadership race in the Liberal Party of Canada but rather a chance to meet and help form the debate to ensure BC issues are front and centre. We think it is important to have an open dialogue about the future of our Party and who should lead it.
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From: Greg Elzinga
Sent: May 1, 2006 9:06 AM
Subject: Invitation from Hedy
Our friend Hedy Fry has asked me to convey the following invitation to you. I hope you can attend and bring a couple of friends. This will be an historic and memorable moment. Hedy will be thrilled if you can attend.
The Hon. Hedy Fry, Member of Parliament for Vancouver-Centre, will make an important announcement regarding the future of the Liberal Party of Canada on Thursday, May 4, 2006. The event will begin at noon.
The announcement will take place at the Vancouver Rowing Club, in Stanley Park. (Map attached.)
Adjacent parking is available.
Light refreshments will be served.
Regards,
Greg Elzinga
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Good to see you last night at Bob Rae's event. Yeah for Hedy! This will make the race way more interesting.
My impressions of Bob - too fuzzy, not enough vision. Also, easy for him to say - don't criticize other candidates - when I believe he has the most to lose from this.
And those big white buttons? Is this a good statement about the use of resources?
susan
My gosh you figure Bob Rae is fuzzy yet say Yeah for Hedy. Heady was made famous for talking in the house, about folks buring crosses up in the interior, when no crosses where being burned. But yes she will make it interesting as she appears to be a bit of a wing nut. I'm no Liberal but figure she simply can't be the best they can come up with for leader.
Hedy Fry is running because she figures she can get back into cabinet.
Hopefully our party can elect someone much better than her, but the pickings for potential leaders is prety thin.
Come on, is that all you have? Burning crosses! Give me a break, that was 6 years ago and she was wrong about the town. Hate crimes are alive and well across Canada and in BC, in fact the Globe gives more details
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060502.wxliberals02/BNStory/National/home
but I believe the KKK Grand wizard was arrested in the BC interior shortly after her comments. She'll make this race very interesting, at least she's a real Liberal.
Gerard Kennedy seems destined to be the Liberal party's version of Stockwell Day. All potential, photo ops and jet skis. Likely no ability to contribute.
Jenn, whatever you're smoking... I want some.
gee, I would vote for her but I can't get out my front door as they are "burning crosses" on front lawns in my neighbourhood as we speak......this woman has aboutas much credibility as George Bush...........none!
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