Delegate Allocation
So far, not much has been contentious. The media seems to be interested in the delegate selection process. The workshop for Constitution was packed to the brim. MP Scott Reid’s proposal to move to allocate the number of delegates for EDAs based on membership numbers (from the current 12 delegates per EDA) was passed in the workshop, and will now (potentially) move to the plenary session tomorrow.
MP Peter Mackay voted against the proposal. So, of course, the media will spin this as “old” PC/CA divisions. Actually, I think it is more of a regional issue, and one that will become less pronounced as our party membership grows from coast to coast to coast.
In Victoria, we endorsed Mr. Reid’s proposal. We had 17 people who were willing to run for the 10 elected positions, and if the other 2 were not appointed, there would have been 19. We had more members show up to our meeting (well over 100), probably, then many ridings have members at all. There were at least a few other people I know that did not run because they didn’t like the prospect of losing and/or they figured they’d give others the chance to go. We could easily have had 20 or more delegates.
I heard from more than one person what a shame it was that all these keen delegates could not go, yet, if they were fortunate enough to live in a riding where there were not as many members, their chances of going would go up substantially.
This is only one side, of course.
We also need to build this party in provinces where our numbers are short, and cannot have keen members in less “membered” ridings feel like their area is not sufficiently represented.
While it was really unfortunate that we had to turn people away from Victoria, perhaps a fair solution would be to have an agreeable amnesty on this issue to allow other regions to catch up with their membership.
We’ll see what happens.
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