SUMMERFLING2010! Getting Ready for Kingston!
This weekend is the Ontario Young Liberals‘ annual Summer Fling policy conference! Summer Fling will be taking place at Queen’s University in Kingston this year and the Toronto Centre Young Liberals will be bringing the largest contingent of TCYLers than we have ever brought before!
Furthermore, continuing our strong tradition of policy development, for the fifth consecutive year TCYL will be presenting policies to be voted on at Summer Fling. We have our Federal Policy Director, Adlan Taramov presenting his policy on Neighbourhood Revitalization and Development and Gloria Lee (in conjunction with the York University Young Liberals) presenting her policy on Increasing Funding for Legal Aid Ontario.
We look forward to seeing you all in Kingston and hope that we can count on your support!
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TCYL NEWS! Toronto Region Policy Parliament 2010
Hi everyone
Just writing a quick update to report that this past weekend at the OYL Toronto Region Policy Parliament, the Toronto Centre Young Liberals managed to get two of their policies passed, making it the fifth consecutive year that TCYL has had their policies move on to Summer Fling.
TCYL presented a total of eight policies:
- Addressing Canada’s Economic Challenges by Improving Literacy in New Canadians and At Risk Canadians, Taras Koulik
- Encouraging a Mixed Economy, Jose De Ocampo
- School Safety Policy, Adlan Taramov
- Offshore Oil Spill Prevention Policy, Adlan Taramov
- New Legislation to Replace Canada’s Current Unmerited Cannabis Laws, Salim Dhanani
- Addressing Canada’s Demographic Changes by Improving the Permanent Residency Process, Denise Lam
- Neighbourhood Revitalization and Development Policy, Adlan Taramov
- Increased Funding for Legal Aid Ontario, Gloria Lee, in conjunction with the York University Young Liberals
We would like to thank all our policy writers and presenters for all their hard work, and congratulate Gloria Lee and Adlan Taramov as their respective policies on Increased funding for Legal Aid Ontario and Neighbourhood Revitalization and Development will be moving on to Summer Fling this year in Kingston! We would also like to extend our congratulations to our colleagues at the York University Young Liberals, whose policies on Increased Funding for Mental Health and Increased Penalties for Impaired Driving will also be moving on to Kingston. We hope to see you all there!
For more information, you can view TCYL’s policy package to this year’s Toronto Region Policy Parliament here
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TCYL NEWS & EVENTS! TCYL Annual Fundraiser, LYPC, Young Liberal Leadership Conference, Canada at 150
TCYL News and Events
In this issue…
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1) TCYL Fundraiser with Bob Rae and Glen Murray – This Thursday!
2) Liberal Youth Party of Canada
3) York University Young Liberal Leadership Conference
4) Canada at 150: Rising to the Challenge
1) TCYL Fundraiser with Bob Rae and Glen Murray – This Thursday!
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There are only a few days left until the Toronto Centre Young Liberals annual fundraiser on Thursday, March 25th from 7pm to 9pm. It is taking place at the Foxes Den Bar and Grill, located at 1075 Bay Street (map: http://bit.ly/chqtlb)
Join us at the fundraiser for food and drink with special guests MP Bob Rae and newly elected MPP Glen Murray! Youth (25 and under) are $10 and adults (26 and up) are $20. Spaces are going quick so please make sure you RSVP for your ticket by emailing info@tcyl.ca. See you all this Thursday!
2) Liberal Youth Party of Canada (LYPC)
TCYL’s own Director of Social Affairs, Max Naylor, is the Leader of the Liberal Youth Parliament of Canada and currently running to be the Prime Minister of the Canadian Youth Assembly (CYA). The CYA is a non-profit organization which educates youth across the country about their local and national communities as well as the federal political process.
Fellow TCYLer Mark Drew is also running as a candidate in Bramalea-Gore-Malton so we need to ensure that we register to vote and support Max and Mark! Please follow the CYA website in order to register yourself as a voter: http://election.cya-ajc.ca/voters/registration/. If you have any questions regarding this process, please feel free to contact Max at: naylorm@cya-ajc.ca
3) York University Young Liberal Leadership Conference
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On Sunday, March 21st, the York University Young Liberals hosted a day-long conference featuring over 20 MPs and Liberal leaders (including Toronto Centre MP Bob Rae). The conference provided youth with sessions based on fundraising, diversity, campaigning, and conflict management. TCYL past-president Chris Drew gave a fantastic presentation on policy development – you can check out Chris’ Powerpoint presentation on the TCYL website here:
http://tcyl.ca/2010/03/presentation-on-putting-policy-ideas-in-action-posted/
4) Canada at 150: Rising to the Challenge
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We are proud to announce that TCYL’s Director of Communications, Yvonne Leung, will be attending the Canada at 150: Rising to the Challenge conference in Montreal from March 26-28th. The conference will be dealing with five particular challenges approaching Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, which include sessions such as:
- Jobs Today and Tomorrow: the Productive Society of 2017
- Real Life Issues for Canadian Families
- The Creative and Competitive Economy
- Energy, Environment, Economy: Growth and Responsibility in 2017
- A Strong Presence in the World of 2017: Commerce, Values, and Relationships
Good luck Yvonne, and we look forward to your report when you get back!
For those of us who will not be able to make the trek to Montreal, the conference will be webcast live at www.can150.ca, as hosted by the Toronto Centre, Trinity Spadina, and St. Paul’s Federal Liberal Associations.
The webcast will be held at the Polish Combatants Hall located at 206 Beverley St. (map: http://bit.ly/9yIyDK). You can check out the conference schedule at: www.can150.ca/schedule. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to contact TCFLA EVP Craig Knowles at: craigknowles@rogers.com
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