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Federal Liberal Party leadership candidates wave to the crowd after a debate in Halifax, March 3, 2013. (Devaan Ingraham/REUTERS)
John Ibbitson
Liberal membership surge just a taste of what could have been
John Ibbitson
— The Globe and Mail
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Close to 300,000 Canadians have joined the Liberal Party as members or supporters, according to a senior Liberal source speaking on background. This is tremendous vindication of the new supporters category and of the courage that Liberals displayed in creating it. What a shame they only went half-way.
