Liberal strategy: Do you agree with Fowler's assessment?
- March 29, 2010 10:54 AM |
- By POV
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, left, chats with diplomat Robert Fowler following the Canada 150 conference in Montreal, Sunday, March 28, 2010. (Graham Hughes/CP)
Former Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler ripped into the federal Liberals during the final day of their conference in Montreal, saying the party is in danger of "losing its soul."
The former diplomat and special envoy of the UN secretary general to Niger, who was kidnapped in the African country 15 months ago, thanked the Liberals for allowing him to be blunt while accepting their hospitality at the Canada 150 conference.
He then accused the Opposition party of caring more about votes than policy, even though the Liberals had organized the three-day gathering to allow 53 "leading thinkers and doers" to help shape long-term strategy.
"To this observer, it seems that Liberals today don't stand for much in the way of principles," Fowler said.
"I have the impression that they will endorse anything and everything which might return them to power and nothing which won't, whatever the merits of either. It's all about getting to power, and it shows."
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