Liblogs is not affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada. It is a non-profit organization without charitable status and we provide an advertising service to bloggers who identify themselves as Liberal Party supporters. We take no responsibility for what those bloggers write and only remove them for actions that go beyond reasonable discourse. Such decisions are made by a Board of Directors and I am only one vote out of five.

As President of Liblogs, I speak on behalf of the organization. While I will never force bloggers to adopt my view, I feel it is my responsibility to lay out the official position of Liblogs on the fighting in Israel and Gaza. Individual bloggers are free to disagree as long as they do so in a mature and civil manner.

I have very strong views on the history of the Middle East, but it is not necessary to consider such historic arguments when talking about Gaza. Instead, we can focus on relatively recent events. I believe that those events prove beyond any doubt that it is Hamas, and not Israel, that is responsible for the current fighting.

In the summer of 2005, Israel withdrew from Gaza. This was a complete and total withdrawal, where even settlers whose families had lived in Gaza for decades were withdrawn to Israel. It was everything the world had ever asked from Israel as far as the Gaza strip was concerned. No matter what you might think of the past, Israel clearly made a decision to disassociate itself from Gaza and give the people of Gaza a chance to set their own destiny.

And they did. In January 2006, the people of Gaza elected Hamas. Hamas is an organization that denies Israel's right to exist and has used suicide bombers to attack civilians even in times of absolute peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Even after this provocation, Israel stayed out of Gaza.

In June 2006, Hamas attacked Israel and kidnapped a soldier while killing two others. In June 2007, Hamas began an internal civil war in which they rooted out and killed all representatives of the elected Palestinian president and the opposition party, Fatah. Eventually, by June 2008, Israel was able to negotiate a cease fire with Hamas, the “State of Calm Agreement”, brokered by Egypt. That agreement fell apart in December 2008 when Hamas once again began attacking Israel with rockets imported from Syria and Iran.

Israel showed nothing but restraint from the summer of 2005 until December 2008 in its relations with the people of Gaza. There can be no reasonable disagreement that Israel has the right to defend its citizens. The undeniable truth is that if the elected government of Gaza had not attacked Israel, then Israel would not have attacked Gaza.

People who do not like the response need to evaluate who is truly responsible, and demand that governments around the world start to take action to save the people of Gaza from their own elected government. It is time to stop blaming Israel for being attacked by a government that wants to destroy the Jewish state.

For a video that lays out much of this, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8IDst-dbAA.

With the current fighting in Israel and the Gaza strip, it is easy for tempers to flare. It is also easy for people to say things that they may come to regret in the future. Emotions are running high and we all need to be aware of that.

The Liblogs board, which consists of myself, Ted Betts, Denise Brunsdon, Jeff Jedras and David Graham, call on all Libloggers to maintain civility and maturity during this difficult time. None of us are going to change the course of the fighting; all we can do is express our opinions for the Canadian public like we do in all matters.

That being the case, remember that the Liberal Party is made up of many people with diverse views and origins. The best lead for all of us to take is to look to our Party's leadership. Michael Ignatieff has stated his position very clearly and I post it here in full as a reminder (http://www.liberal.ca/story_15558_e.aspx):

“I am greatly concerned by the deepening violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip and the fear and suffering on all sides that this mounting instability has caused.

“The Liberal Party of Canada unequivocally condemns the rocket attacks launched by Hamas against Israeli civilians and calls for an immediate end to these attacks. We affirm Israel's right to defend itself against such attacks, and also its right to exist in peace and security.

“We regret the loss of life sustained on all sides of the conflict. We call on all parties to end these hostilities, mindful that a durable ceasefire will be necessary to prevent continued civilian casualties and lasting damage to essential civilian infrastructure.

“The international community has a responsibility to ensure that the cost of conflict is not borne by the innocent and Canada must stand ready to assist and ensure that basic humanitarian assistance reaches those who need it.

“Our thoughts are with those in Israel and the Gaza Strip whose lives are imperiled by the cycle of violence in the region. In the midst of this crisis, we continue to stand for a peaceful resolution. We firmly believe that the basis of this peace will be the mutual recognition by both Israelis and Palestinians of two states, living side by side in peace and security, with a full resolution of the issue of refugees and settlements, as well as secure and internationally recognized borders and boundaries.“

Dear readers,

I am a blue Liberal. I am a fiscal conservative and I see taxes as a necessary evil. At the same time, I believe that we have a responsibility to build a social safety net for Canadians who have fallen on hard times. While I do not like paying taxes, I am happy to do so as long as the money is being used for the good of the country. Nevertheless, I would support a Liberal-NDP Government.

As a general rule, the Conservative Party would be my second choice. I have much more in common with centre-right Conservatives than I do with New Democrats. As a result, I approach the possibility of a Liberal-NDP Government with some hesitation. Is that really what is best for Canada? In the past, I have gone so far as to argue that “the NDP is sick” and oppose the concept of working together in government. How can I justify supporting a Liberal Government that includes Minister Jack Layton?

My preference is for a Liberal majority government. That was rejected by Canadians. My second choice is for a moderate Conservative government. Stephen Harper does not offer me that choice. That leaves me with only two options: a neoconservative Stephen Harper Government or a left-leaning Liberal-NDP Government. Whether I like it or not, the best I can hope for is my third choice. Politics is the art of the possible and not the philosophy of the dreamer.

Over the past three years, Stephen Harper has turned out to be different than anybody expected. Instead of an unrepentant fiscal conservative, he is the biggest spending prime minister in Canadian history. Instead of a sound fiscal manager, he is about to give Canada its first deficit since 1996. Instead of an honest man with whom many people disagree, he spent an election lying to Canadians and is now trying to hide a deficit with a misleading fiscal update. Stephen Harper is only different than expected because nobody knew who he was before he became Prime Minister. Now that I know who he is, I am quite confident that he is the worst possible choice for prime minister, except for Gilles Duceppe.

Whether I like it or not, I have to accept that my preference is a temporary Liberal-NDP Government. It will be led until May by an honest man, Stéphane Dion. It will include some fiscally conservative Liberals. It will include some well meaning, fiscally reasonable New Democrats. It might also include some socialists, but I believe that they will be outnumbered by the non-socialists. Perhaps I could never be in the same political party as them, but I can support a government in which they participate as long as they do not control the ministry of finance or the prime minister's office.

Stephen Harper has brought this upon himself. He might have convinced many Canadians during the election that he could provide a steady hand, but he did not convince enough of them. Mr. Harper did not earn a majority government and that means that he had a responsibility to work with the opposition to provide something that enough of them could support. He failed to do so, and now the Liberals and NDP seem to be proposing an alternative government.

The Liberals and NDP together earned 44.4% of the vote, compared to 37.6% for the Conservatives. Their government would be completely legitimate. It is unfortunate that separatists hold the deciding votes, but that is what Canadians voted for. Whether the government is Conservative or Liberal-NDP, the BQ Members of Parliament will still be the ones who decide. Neither the Conservatives nor the Liberals and New Democrats can avoid that unfortunate reality.

I am a blue Liberal. I am also for a Liberal-NDP Government. This is all because I am against Stephen Harper. Maybe the Conservatives will smarten up and find a new leader. All the partisanship that made Stephen Harper a good leader during an election campaign has made him a liability as prime minister. It is time for him to go. In May, the Liberals will choose a new leader and I recommend that the Conservatives do the same. In the meantime, I am happy to support a temporary Liberal-NDP Government.

Yours truly,

Jason Cherniak

President, Liblogs

P.S. I will remove this at a time when it would have rightfully left the bottom of the blog roll as if it were a normal post.

I am a blue Liberal. I am a fiscal conservative and I see taxes as a necessary evil. At the same time, I believe that we have a responsibility to build a social safety net for Canadians who have fallen on hard times. While I do not like paying taxes, I am happy to do so as long as the money is being used for the good of the country. Nevertheless, I would support a Liberal-NDP Government.

As a general rule, the Conservative Party would be my second choice. I have much more in common with centre-right Conservatives than I do with New Democrats. As a result, I approach the possibility of a Liberal-NDP Government with some hesitation. Is that really what is best for Canada? In the past, I have gone so far as to argue that “the NDP is sick” and oppose the concept of working together in government. How can I justify supporting a Liberal Government that includes Minister Jack Layton?

My preference is for a Liberal majority government. That was rejected by Canadians. My second choice is for a moderate Conservative government. Stephen Harper does not offer me that choice. That leaves me with only two options: a neoconservative Stephen Harper Government or a left-leaning Liberal-NDP Government. Whether I like it or not, the best I can hope for is my third choice. Politics is the art of the possible and not the philosophy of the dreamer.

Over the past three years, Stephen Harper has turned out to be different than anybody expected. Instead of an unrepentant fiscal conservative, he is the biggest spending prime minister in Canadian history. Instead of a sound fiscal manager, he is about to give Canada its first deficit since 1996. Instead of an honest man with whom many people disagree, he spent an election lying to Canadians and is now trying to hide a deficit with a misleading fiscal update. Stephen Harper is only different than expected because nobody knew who he was before he became Prime Minister. Now that I know who he is, I am quite confident that he is the worst possible choice for prime minister, except for Gilles Duceppe.

Whether I like it or not, I have to accept that my preference is a temporary Liberal-NDP Government. It will be led until May by an honest man, Stéphane Dion. It will include some fiscally conservative Liberals. It will include some well meaning, fiscally reasonable New Democrats. It might also include some socialists, but I believe that they will be outnumbered by the non-socialists. Perhaps I could never be in the same political party as them, but I can support a government in which they participate as long as they do not control the ministry of finance or the prime minister's office.

Stephen Harper has brought this upon himself. He might have convinced many Canadians during the election that he could provide a steady hand, but he did not convince enough of them. Mr. Harper did not earn a majority government and that means that he had a responsibility to work with the opposition to provide something that enough of them could support. He failed to do so, and now the Liberals and NDP seem to be proposing an alternative government.

The Liberals and NDP together earned 44.4% of the vote, compared to 37.6% for the Conservatives. Their government would be completely legitimate. It is unfortunate that separatists hold the deciding votes, but that is what Canadians voted for. Whether the government is Conservative or Liberal-NDP, the BQ Members of Parliament will still be the ones who decide. Neither the Conservatives nor the Liberals and New Democrats can avoid that unfortunate reality.

I am a blue Liberal. I am also for a Liberal-NDP Government. This is all because I am against Stephen Harper. Maybe the Conservatives will smarten up and find a new leader. All the partisanship that made Stephen Harper a good leader during an election campaign has made him a liability as prime minister. It is time for him to go. In May, the Liberals will choose a new leader and I recommend that the Conservatives do the same. In the meantime, I am happy to support a temporary Liberal-NDP Government.

Liblogs is seeking a bright, young liberal to assist in maintenance of the list of bloggers. This is a volunteer position that requires complete confidentiality. If you are interested in supporting this organization and learning how it works, please contact Jason Cherniak in confidence at admin [at] liblogs [dot] ca.

Congratulations to Taylor Scollon for winning the web-based vote in the Liblogs video contest. His video follows, with the expert panel's choice of Annie Donolo's video after that. Both winners will receive a $250 prize.

Jason Cherniak has been deposed as the leader of Liblogs, following his announcement that he has quit blogging. I, David Graham, blogger of transit, coder of liblogs, have seized control. Have discipline, fellow bloggers, and unite behind me! Jason's reign of terror has ended and dissent will not be tolerated any further!

There are only two more weeks of voting for the winning Liblogs video. Watch all five and then pick your favourite.

Expert panel selects positive online video by 16-year old Toronto girl

Toronto, Ontario – The first winner in the Liblogs.ca online video contest is Annie Donolo, a 16-year old Toronto student. Her video placed first overall in judging by a panel of communications experts including Senator Jerry Grafstein, John Duffy and Ian Davey. Annie's video, titled “Canadian Liberalism”, features random Canadians of different ages, ethnicities and genders holding signs such as “diversity', “change” and “progress” while the song “These words are my own” by Natasha Bedingfield plays in the background (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLgA7R6OcAU).

Annie was excited when informed of her win. “I made this video to capture youth, optimism, and the true foundation of liberalism,” she explained. “Ordinary people with inspiring ideals.”

"This is an extraordinary collection of videos of public interest handcrafted by young people with limited resources who demonstrate the creativity and ingenuity of grassroots politics that can compete in the new media for public attention,” exclaimed Senator Jerry Grafstein, who chaired the official Liberal advertising organization, Red Leaf, when Pierre Trudeau was prime minister. “The future of politics is in their hands…and watch how politics, as we know it, will change. There is a revolution happening and these videos are just the first waves. Bravo!"

John Duffy, a senior strategist and spokesperson for the Liberal Party when Paul Martin was prime minister, also liked the video “Jason Gracey is NOT a Leader” by Jason Gracey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qYfWr0K5Mo). “It's the standout. It uses humour, which is the most successful device for cutting through clutter, especially on the Internet,” explained Mr. Duffy. “This one used the medium's limitations cheerfully. Moreover, it made a really strong point about how absurd Harper's demonization of Dion has become.”

Ian Davey, campaign manager for Michael Ignatieff during the recent Liberal leadership race, preferred “Addressing Afghanistan”, by Rebecca Finch (http://www.metaball.ca/lpc). In his view, it was easily the standout because it is "simple, direct and focused". Mr. Davey particularly liked the fact that the video would “make you think”.

On Tuesday, March 4, voting will begin at (http://liblogs.ca/news.en.cgi?99) to choose the best of the top five videos, as chosen by online voters. The five in contention will be “Le Prix à Payer”, “Ottawa goes hip hop”, “Harper's Promises: Lie. Conceal. Fabricate”, “Canadian Liberalism” and “Integrity”.

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For more information, please contact:

Jason Cherniak

President, Liblogs

Media Release

Date: February 5, 2008

For release: Immediate

Voting Begins in Liblogs Video Contest

Two winners will be chosen by online voters and a panel of experts

Toronto, Ontario – Liblogs.ca, the unofficial list of Canadian liberal bloggers, is beginning voting in its online video contest (http://liblogs.ca/news.en.cgi?99). Liblogs is offering $250 prizes for the two best videos in support of Canadian liberalism.

“Since our contest began, online liberals have been creating videos for this contest,” explained Jason Cherniak, President of Liblogs. “With 15 solid entries, including one in French, it is time to begin voting and see whose video is the best.”

The Liblogs Video Contest will be judged by two methods. One video will be chosen by voters online. The other video will be chosen by an expert panel including Senator Jerry Grafstein, Warren Kinsella, John Duffy and Ian Davey.

“I am very pleased with our panel of experts,” said Mr. Cherniak. “It includes senior political strategists for Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau, Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin. It will be very interesting to see how their judgement compares to that of the online voters.”

Liblogs is the operating name of a non-profit organization, Blogger Support Services. None of the prize money is contributed by any federal or provincial organ of the Liberal Party.

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For more information, please contact:

Jason Cherniak

President, Liblogs

(Pour français, regardez http://liblogues.ca.)

Media Release

Date: December 4, 2007

For release: Immediate

Liblogs Video Contest off to a good start

10 homemade liberal advertisements submitted to date

Toronto, Ontario – Liblogs.ca, the unofficial list of Canadian liberal bloggers, is running an online video contest at http://liblogs.ca/news.en.cgi?99. Using YouTube, any Canadian can create an online video. Liblogs will offer $250 prizes for the two best videos in support of Canadian liberalism.

“Young Canadians are very active online,” explained Jason Cherniak, President of Liblogs. “We already have ten submissions and I think some of them are quite good. I look forward to seeing more strong entries over the holidays after students are finished exams. Hopefully, these videos will reach a younger and less cynical segment of Canadian society”

The Liblogs Video Contest will be judged by two methods. One video will be chosen by voters online. The other video will be chosen by an expert panel including Senator Jerry Grafstein, Warren Kinsella, John Duffy and Ian Davey.

“I am very pleased with our panel of experts,” said Mr. Cherniak. “It includes senior political strategists for Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau, Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin. It will be very interesting to see how their judgement compares to that of the online voters.”

Liblogs is the operating name of a non-profit organization, Blogger Support Services. None of the prize money is contributed by any federal or provincial organ of the Liberal Party.

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For more information, please contact:

Jason Cherniak

President, Liblogs

Pour français, regardez http://liblogues.ca.

Media Release

Date: October 25, 2007

For release: Immediate

Liblogs Video Contest will give prizes for online videos

Two winners will be chosen by online voters and a panel of experts

Toronto, Ontario – Liblogs.ca, the unofficial list of Canadian liberal bloggers, is launching an online video contest (http://liblogs.ca/news.en.cgi?99). Using YouTube, any Canadian can create an online video. Liblogs will offer $250 prizes for the two best videos in support of Canadian liberalism.

“Young Canadians are very active online,” explained Jason Cherniak, President of Liblogs. “We hope that by offering a prize for the best videos that support Canadian liberalism, we will get some creative young Canadians thinking about politics even if they are not partisans. I'm willing to bet that some of the entries will be better than the professional ads that we see during elections.”

The Liblogs Video Contest will be judged by two methods. One video will be chosen by voters online. The other video will be chosen by an expert panel including Senator Jerry Grafstein, Warren Kinsella, John Duffy and Ian Davey.

“I am very pleased with our panel of experts,” said Mr. Cherniak. “It includes senior political strategists for Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau, Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin. It will be very interesting to see how their judgement compares to that of the online voters.”

Liblogs is the operating name of a non-profit organization, Blogger Support Services. None of the prize money is contributed by any federal or provincial organ of the Liberal Party.

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For more information, please contact:

Jason Cherniak

President, Liblogs

Liblogs is a group of bloggers who support the Liberal Party. They are average Canadians from coast-to-coast who have decided to write down their thoughts about politics online. While we do our best to help the Liberals, we are not organized, endorsed, edited, controlled or in any way spokespeople for the Liberal Party.

On the right side of the page, you can see a list of all the member blogs. On the main page, you can read the latest comments from our members. The video section includes homemade YouTube videos. The news page is a selection of some of the best comments by Liblogs members over the past 24 hours, edited by Jeff Jedras.

The site template is bilingual and you can also find us at http://liblogues.ca, but we do not have the resources to translate everything into French. If we had more French bloggers, then there would be more French content on the site. If you are able to donate your time, please email me. If you are able to donate money, then please click on the "Donate Today/Donnez aujourd'hui" button at the top.

Liblogs is a non-profit corporation, but it is not a charity. The site was programmed by David Graham and the graphics are designed by Marcus Kolga, President of Real World Pictures.

I hope you enjoy our little space on the Internet.

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Liblogues se veut un groupe de bloggeurs qui supportent le parti libéral du Canada. Ce sont des canadiens moyens de partout au pays qui ont décidés de présenter leurs opinions politiques en ligne.

Quoique nous fassions du mieux que nous le pouvons afin d' aider les libéraux, nous ne sommes pas organisés, endossés ou controllés par le parti libéral et, aussi, ne sommes aucunement porte-paroles du parti libéral.

A la droite de la page, vous trouverez une liste de tous les blogues de nos membres. A la page principale vous pouvez lire les plus récents commentaires. La section video inclue les video de fortune "YouTube". A la page des nouvelles, vous trouverez une sélection, sous la direction de Jeff Jedras, des meilleurs commentaires soumis par les membres Liblogues lors des dernières 24 heures.

Le gabarit du site est bilingue et vous pouvez également nous retrouver au site suivant : http://liblogues.ca. Par contre, nous n'avons malheureusement pas les effectifs nécessaires afin d' assurer la traduction de tous les commentaires, articles, etc en français . La solution serait d' avoir plus de bloggeurs français. Cela nous assurerait un contenu français accru. Si vous croyez pouvoir nous faire dons de vos services à cet égard, veuillez svp me contacter par courriel : admin@liblogs.ca Si vous ètes en mesure de faire un don, il suffit de cliquer sur l' onglet "Donate today/donnez aujourd;hui" qui se situe au haut de la page.

Liblogues est une corporation à but non-lucratif mais ne se veut pas une charité. La progammation du site à été effectuée par David Graham et les graphiques ont été crées par Marcus Kolga, président, Real World Pictures.

En espèrant que vous apprécierez notre site internet.

Welcome all readers. Liblogs was covered quite extensively today by Jane Taber in the Globe and Mail.

Liblogs is a group of bloggers who support the Liberal Party. They are average Canadians from coast-to-coast who have decided to write down their thoughts about politics online. While we do our best to help the Liberals, we are not organized, endorsed, edited, controlled or in any way spokespeople for the Liberal Party.

On the right side of the page, you can see a list of all the member blogs. On the main page, you can read the latest comments from our members. The video section includes homemade YouTube videos. The news page is a selection of some of the best comments by Liblogs members over the past 24 hours, edited by Jeff Jedras.

The site template is bilingual and you can also find us at http://liblogues.ca, but we do not have the resources to translate everything into French. If we had more French bloggers, then there would be more French content on the site. If you are able to donate your time, please email me. If you are able to donate money, then please click on the "Donate Today/Donnez aujourd'hui" button at the top.

Liblogs is a non-profit corporation, but it is not a charity. The site was programmed by David Graham and the graphics are designed by Marcus Kolga, President of Real World Pictures.

I hope you enjoy our little space on the Internet.

Yours truly,

Jason Cherniak

President,

Liblogs

The story is on the front page of the Globe and Mail website.

And CTV.

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Liberals hope YouTube people power trumps Tory ad blitz (Libs-Video)

Source: Broadcast News

Apr 3, 2007 13:33

OTTAWA - A day after the Conservatives unveiled new attack ads slamming Stephane Dion, Liberals are fighting back with a series of homemade videos on the Internet site YouTube.

The videos slam Tory policies and accuse Prime Minister Stephen Harper of breaking his promises.

Jason Cherniak, who runs a website called Liblogs, says he and other Liberals may not have a lot of money, but are doing what they can to support Dion.

The Conservatives unveiled a new French-language ad Monday saying Dion would deprive Quebec of federal equalization money.

The Tories also showed off a state-of-the-art campaign war room that they say will be the hub of an election they insist they don't want.

The Liberals call the suburban industrial office space a fear factory,' saying they expect the Tories to launch a campaign of fear.

(BN)

INDEX: POLITICS

(c) 2007 Broadcast News, a division of The Canadian Press

NEWS RELEASE

Website with Liberal videos expanding fast

Harper's Conservatives won't know what hit them

Toronto, April 3, 2007 – Yesterday, the Harper Conservatives opened their new campaign headquarters. It is 17,000 square feet and so expensive to maintain that the Tories will not even discuss the cost. Meanwhile, Liberal bloggers who make videos for free on their home computers are fighting back. Since last week's launch of a website to display home-made Liberal videos (http://liblogs.ca/news.en.cgi?10), Liberal bloggers have been creating more than one video a day.

“The Liberal Party might not have enough money to spend on pre-election advertising, but that won't stop Liberal bloggers from fighting back,” explained Jason Cherniak, president of Liblogs. “We have been doing what we can to support Stéphane Dion online and this Liblogs video page is only our most recent step.”

Liblogs is the operating name of a non-profit corporation, Blogger Support Services. For over a year, it has been hosting a list of Liberal bloggers at http://liblogs.ca, where Canadians can scan the headlines of the posts of over 250 Liberal bloggers at any time, on any day.

“This new video page is in addition to our main blog service and Liblogs News, which highlights a selection of some of the best Liberal Blog posts once a day,” said Mr. Cherniak. “Liblogs videos will allow Liberals from across the country to use their creative talents and express their support for the Liberal Party in the most modern manner available. It is great to see that it has taken off so quickly.”

All media inquiries should be directed to:

Jason Cherniak

NEWS RELEASE

Liblogs, the unofficial list of Liberal bloggers, launches a video page on the Liblogs.ca website

Toronto, March 28, 2007 – Canadians are watching YouTube videos more and more every day. Taking advantage of this new medium, Liblogs.ca will now offer one location for Liberals to post their YouTube videos (http://liblogs.ca/news.en.cgi?10) for all to see.

“Ever since Stéphane Dion's election as leader, Liberals have been making videos at home and sending them to me,” explained Jason Cherniak, founder and president of Liblogs. “I realized that it was time to expand Liblogs so that we could display those videos in one easy to access location for all Canadians to see.”

Liblogs is the operating name of a non-profit corporation, Blogger Support Services. For over a year, it has been operating a list of Liberal bloggers at http://liblogs.ca, where Canadians can scan the headlines of the posts of over 250 Liberal bloggers at any time, on any day.

“This new video page is in addition to our main blog service and Liblogs News, which highlights a selection of some of the best Liberal Blog posts once a day,” said Mr. Cherniak. “Liblogs videos will allow Liberals from across the country to use their creative talents and express their support for the Liberal Party in the most modern manner available.”

All media inquiries should be directed to:

Jason Cherniak

President - Liblogs

For the second day in a row, reaction outside of Québec is clear condemnation of the second Harper budget. Sometimes bad policy really is bad politics.

Check out the Liblogs News today to read Liberal reactions to the budget from across Canada. Outside of Québec, there is barely a positive word. Even in Québec the only comments relate to how the budget effects their provincial election. As a matter of national policy, this was clearly no "Liberal budget".

You've probably noticed a new feature on Liblogs, which we launched during the convention in December. It's the Liblogs News page and it's designed to offer the reader in a hurry a quick glance of the top Liblogs posts across a variety of subject headings, from national and international news to different regions across Canada, updated daily.

In addition to serving as a resource for readers, the news page is also a great way for Liberal bloggers to get more traffic for their posts, particularly if they fit in one of the subject areas, like Ontario politics, that not a lot of other people are writing on. As we try to enhance this portion of the Liblogs site I'm pleased to announce that Jeff Jedras of A BCer in Toronto will be taking over the news page as Liblogs news editor. Feel free to get in touch with him.

NOTE: If you are able to provide me with a French translation, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'm not sure what's wrong with the website, but it seems that it is self-correcting as new blog posts are added by affiliates. We are working on fixing the problem, but I suspect it will fix itself if we are patient.

I'm not sure what happened, but the site seems to have been hacked. Please be assured that we are working on it.

As you may have noticed, we here at Liblogs have been pushing the Liblogs News. Our first broken story was the Conservatives refiling their 2005 election return. Few seem to have noticed, but Liblogs was already reporting the story on December 22 at 5:30 p.m.

Liblogs is about more than the random musings of Liberal bloggers. It is also about Reporting Tomorrow's News Today.

At the Liberal convention, Liblogs added a news section. You can find it by clicking on "news" or "nouvelles" at the top. Every day - sometimes more than once - editors from across the country select different Liblogs postings and highlight them in the news section.

If you want to get a quick flavour of the issues that Liberal bloggers are talking about, you can read the Liblogs news. Sometimes you will even learn about things that have not yet appeared in the main stream media.

Enjoy!

At the Liberal convention, Liblogs added a news section. You can find it by clicking on "news" or "nouvelles" at the top. Every day - sometimes more than once - editors from across the country select different Liblogs postings and highlight them in the news section.

Today, you will see that Libloggers are focusing on Harper's admitting that he questions the science behind climate change. Others commented on the "At issues panel" and a few are supporting McGuinty's call to allow Christmas trees in public places.

Every day, if you want to get a flavour of the issues that Liberal bloggers are talking about, you can read the Liblogs news. Enjoy!

Please be advised that new members to Liblogs will not be accepted until after the convention.

The mechanics behind this site have been rewritten from scratch. If you are a member of Liblogs and find that your blog entries are not showing up, or you find other bugs or have any other feedback, please drop me a line at cdlu@railfan.ca. Thanks, and enjoy the improvements!

Please be advised that no new blogs will be added until after the convention.