Mason is just embarrasing himself by doing this...not because he is wrong, but because this result was decidd long ago. Mason knows this. Mason must know this and yet he maintains that a review will somehow help him. It's over. It was over when Hillman took control of Wendy's candidacy back in May.

It will always be a Chretien/Martini mess hall soup, with only the worst scraps from the bottom of the pot, until someone like a Kennedy or Dryden are elected. My party continues to be doomed.

Is he suggesting that the meeting notices got out late?

Because the Liberal Party requires 7 days notice of a meeting, and the meeting notices went out more than 7 days prior to the meeting.

Mike Hillman is the Vice President of the Liberal Party of Canada. Big deal. The Executive doesn't make the decision about the date of the meeting - the Campaign Chair does. Sharon Apsey is the campaign chair. Mike Hillman is not the Campaign Chair. People can be involved in different things in the party.

Everyone in the Liberal Party has been talking about having an early nomination meeting to replace David Emerson. Mason Loh must have known that it was in the works or he wouldn't have been recruiting people to help his cause.

Any reader of Public Eye Online knew that the riding executive has been demanding a meeting -- they wanted it even earlier.

The moment that Sharon Apsey was named the Campaign Chair, she listened to the riding executive, to the party executive, and to the BC Liberal Caucus, all of whom said that there should have been a meeting on June 23rd.

If anything, the meeting was called too late.

the liberals under the guidance of the present leadership can never do things the right way

The party does not need this, i can't believe the process was so untransparent.

Hillman should step aside from party affairs (VP) role if he is working for individual candidates

This really shows that Wendy Yuan's vote collapsed considering she only beat Mason by 26 votes, cause Mason only signed up a little over 350 and Wendy signed up 650.

Liberals have shot themselves in the foot again!

Wasn't the Canadian Alliance once interested in having Mason run for them?

Is he now going to replace Emerson as the Conservative candidate against Wendy Yuan?

How does this affect the Bob Rae campaign?

is he being advised by Gulzar Cheema with his appeal?

Just asking....

How was the nomination a surprise?

check out:

http://www.publiceyeonline.com/archives/001525.html

If I were Mason Loh, I would probably use this as an excuse to jump to the tories to challenge for the nomination in the riding of, say, Vancouver South.

That's a good idea. He could also get back at Ujjal for supporting Wendy.

I think FHK is beginning to get the picture, and it's too bad in a way that so many Liberals don't.

It's one thing to come to town in your chauffuer driven Govt Big Black Limo and stick your head out the window and say, "Liberals are winners, ... get on the right side, before it's too late!" It's another thing to come into town in your Opposition Beige Hyundai, driving it yourself, and stick your head out the window and say, "You've got to all join my parade at once, or you'll be stuck with Harper forever!". The former schtick can be offensive on principle. The second makes you a laughing stock.

I have said all along that the Kingsway situation will be resolved when Premier Campbell appoints Stephen Owen to some board or commission and the Quadra seat opens up for Emerson to run in his home riding. Then Kingsway will go NDP. And with Waddell having ruled himself out, there will be a genuine battle for that nomination.

"I have said all along that the Kingsway situation will be resolved when Premier Campbell appoints Stephen Owen to some board or commission and the Quadra seat opens up for Emerson to run in his home riding. Then Kingsway will go NDP. And with Waddell having ruled himself out, there will be a genuine battle for that nomination."

Not bad, but incorrect players. Why would Campbell appoint Owen to some board or commission?

Emerson also has one other option. He can choose not to run again.

Would be great to see Ian Waddel win the seat.

Wadell would make for a better MP than Wendy Yuan. I think she's too closely tied to the Liberal Establishment and will focus mostly on immigration issues and not the larger picture encompassing national economics, balance of returning collected tax money back to the provinces, etc. etc.