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The2017-18LPCAPolicyCommitteeishappytoprovideAlbertaLiberalswiththePolicyProcessGuidelines.ThePolicyCommitteememberscanprovideassistancetoguideeveryonethroughouttheprocess.Pleaseforwardallyourcorrespondencetotheemailboxsetupspecificallyforthispurpose:[email protected]
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2017-18PolicyCommitteeMembers
HarpreetSinghGill,PolicyChair
DawnLitzenburger
JenniferPollock
EleanorOlszewski
DanBildhauer
DonnaWilson
RobbAishford
ChrisShade
RobbieSchuett
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InpreparationfortheLiberalPartyofCanada'sNationalPolicyConventioninHalifax,NSonApril19-21,2018,thepolicycommitteehasstartedtheprocessofpolicyproposalsubmissionsfromEDAsandLiberalmemberproponents.FormoreinformationontheConventionpleasevisittheLPCwebsite.
PolicyCommitteeDecisions
1. ImportantDates
October1,2017–isthelatestdateforsubmissionsofresolutionsbytheEDAsandotherproponents.
October1toOctober31,2017–thePolicyCommitteewillworkwithsubmissionproponentstoensurethatresolutionsmeettheNationalGuidelines.
November1,2017–isthelastdayforresolutionstobefinalized.
November1to15–resolutionswillbeavailableon-lineforrankingvote.
November27–LPCAwillsendrankedresolutionstotheNationalCommittee.
2. Caponresolutions
WhilethereisnocaponthenumberofresolutionsperEDA,theCommitteesuggestanumberofresolutionsbetween1and5.
3. ResolutionsfromCommissions
TheCommitteeallowsoneresolutionfromeachofthecommissionstobeconsideredforvoting.
4. OtherProponents
TheCommitteeallowsgroupsof5registeredLiberalstosendpolicyresolutionsasithasbeendoneinthepast,withtheintenttomakethisprocessasopenandaccessibleaspossible.
5. DuplicateResolutions
Policyproposalssimilartopreviouslyadoptedresolutionsatnationalconventionswouldbeconsideredduplicateresolutions,however,thosethatwerepresentedbutwerenotadoptedwillnotbeconsideredduplicates.Theonusisontheproponentstoensurethattheresolutionsproposedarenotduplicateresolutions.PleasevisitthisLPClinktoreviewpreviouslyadoptedresolutions.
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6. PolicyResolutionFormatandGuidance
Proponentsmustensurethatresolutionsfittheformatdescribedintheguidelines.Fordetailedinformationonpolicyresolutionformatpleaseconsultsection4oftheLPCPolicyDevelopmentGuideline.AdditionalassistancepleasereviewtheNationalPolicyKit.
7. ResolutionsonIndigenousAffairs
ResolutionsonIndigenousaffairsmustconsulttheIndigenousCommissionbycontactingMichelleRobinson,President,IPC,[email protected]
8. Evidence-BasedResolutions
Proponentsmustconsultarecognizedexpert,orciteresearch,orrefertoavalidandrecognizedsource/resourcetobackuptheproposedresolutions.Thisinformationmustbedocumentedandattachedtoallresolutionproposals.Proposalswithoutsupportingdocumentationwillnotbeconsidered.
9. Onlinevoting
TheCommitteewillannounceinSeptemberthevotingprocess,rulesandtheonlinevotingsystemforthepurposesofrankingtheresolutions.
10. PolicySubmissionProcess
Thefollowingarethepolicysubmissionsteps:• Proponentssendanemailtothegenericemailboxwiththepolicyresolutiontitle,abriefof
itssynopsisandsupportingevidence-basedresearch.• ThepolicyresolutionmustbefiledonGoogledrivefolder:NewResolutions.• Thedraftsubmissionwillbereviewedtoensureitiscompleteanditmeetsthecriteria
establishedaboveinsections1to8.Proponentswillbenotifiedifthereareissuesandwhatisnecessaryfortheresolutiondrafttomoveforward.
• PolicyresolutionsacceptedbytheCommitteewillbeassignedtooneormoreCommitteememberswhowillreviewthemandworktogetherwithproponentstofinalizeresolutions.
• Finalresolutionswillbepostedon-lineformembershipreviewandvoting.• ForfeedbackandassistancepleasecontacttheCommitteeusingthegenericemailbox:
11. ContactInformation
Eachofthepolicycommitteemembers,hasgraciouslyacceptedtotaketheleadonvariousbroadtopicstobethecontactpersonbasedtheirexpertiseasfollows:• Multiculturalism,smallbusiness,foreignaffairs:HarpreetSinghGill,
[email protected],780-884-3551• Immigration,citizenship,refugees,borderservices,governmentaffairs,finance:Dan
Bildhauer,[email protected],780-777-2888• Women'sissues,education,taxation:JenniferPollock,[email protected]• Seniors,justice,humanrights,constitutionalmatters:EleanorOlszewski,
[email protected]• Indigenousissues:MichelleRobinson,[email protected],ChrisShade,
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• Healthcare:DonnaWilson,[email protected]• Publicsecurity,electoralreform:DawnLitzenburger,[email protected]• Energy:RobbieSchuett,[email protected]• Environment,resources:RobAishford,[email protected]
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