Legal Issue-New Party Leader- Mike Crawley - Bob Ray

Albo, you're no Michael Douglas

John Winston Howard, OM, AC, SSI, (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies. Howard was a member of the House of Representatives from 1974 to 2007, representing the Division of Bennelong, New South Wales. He served as Treasurer in the Fraser government of from 1977 to 1983. He was Leader of the Liberal Party and Coalition Opposition from 1985 to 1989, which included the 1987 federal election against Bob Hawke. He was re-elected as Leader of the Opposition in 1995. Howard led the Liberal-National coalition to victory at the 1996 federal election, defeating Paul Keating's Labor government and ending a record 13 years of Coalition opposition. The Howard Government was re-elected at the 1998, 2001 and 2004 elections, presiding over a period of strong economic growth and prosperity.[3] Major issues for the Howard Government included taxation, industrial relations, immigration, the Iraq war, and Aboriginal relations. Howard's coalition government was defeated at the 2007 election by the Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd. Howard also lost his own parliamentary seat at the election; he was the second Australian Prime Minister, after Stanley Bruce in 1929, to do so.

The Liberal Party must be in trouble if they've resorted to suppoting the full legalization of marijuana and alowing anyone who simply claims to be liberal to vote on the party leader.

Canadian Press Ottawa bureau chief Rob Russ and Vancouver Sun columnist Peter O'Neil discuss the Liberals convention and other issues.

Canadian Press Ottawa bureau chief Rob Russ and Vancouver Sun columnist Peter O'Neil discuss the Liberals convention and other issues.

Dalton McGuinty - Liberal Party of Canada Convention / Congrès du Parti libéral du Canada - Welcoming Ceremony / Cérémonie de bienvenue

The Canadian Beaver Band celebrate Bob Rae's announcement that the Liberal Party of Canada plan to legalize marijuana.....whenever they get in power....if they ever get in power.

Personal observations, personal opinions, some sarcasm to emphasize my points...

Liberal interim leader Bob Rae speaks with reporters after 77 per cent of his party delegates voted to legalize marijuana

Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario, speaks to over 3000 delegates and observers at the Liberal Party of Canada's Biennial Convention on January 13, 2012 at the Ottawa Convention Centre.

Party under the microscope: Peter C. Newman tells Steve Paikin why he believes the Liberal Party of Canada is on the verge of collapse.

Journalist Peter C. Newman gives his take on the demise of the Liberal party and the performance of Michael Ignatieff during the election campaign. He blames the rift between Jean Chretien and Paul Martin as being the precursor to the death spiral of the Liberal party.