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The2017-18LPCAPolicyCommitteeishappytoprovideAlbertaLiberalswiththePolicyProcessGuidelines.ThePolicyCommitteememberscanprovideassistancetoguideeveryonethroughouttheprocess.Pleaseforwardallyourcorrespondencetotheemailboxsetupspecificallyforthispurpose:Policy.LPCA@gmail.com

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2017-18PolicyCommitteeMembers

HarpreetSinghGill,PolicyChair

DawnLitzenburger

JenniferPollock

EleanorOlszewski

DanBildhauer

DonnaWilson

RobbAishford

ChrisShade

RobbieSchuett

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InpreparationfortheLiberalPartyofCanada'sNationalPolicyConventioninHalifax,NSonApril19-21,2018,thepolicycommitteehasstartedtheprocessofpolicyproposalsubmissionsfromEDAsandLiberalmemberproponents.FormoreinformationontheConventionpleasevisittheLPCwebsite.

PolicyCommitteeDecisions

1. ImportantDates

October1,2017–isthelatestdateforsubmissionsofresolutionsbytheEDAsandotherproponents.

October1toOctober31,2017–thePolicyCommitteewillworkwithsubmissionproponentstoensurethatresolutionsmeettheNationalGuidelines.

November1,2017–isthelastdayforresolutionstobefinalized.

November1to15–resolutionswillbeavailableon-lineforrankingvote.

November27–LPCAwillsendrankedresolutionstotheNationalCommittee.

2. Caponresolutions

WhilethereisnocaponthenumberofresolutionsperEDA,theCommitteesuggestanumberofresolutionsbetween1and5.

3. ResolutionsfromCommissions

TheCommitteeallowsoneresolutionfromeachofthecommissionstobeconsideredforvoting.

4. OtherProponents

TheCommitteeallowsgroupsof5registeredLiberalstosendpolicyresolutionsasithasbeendoneinthepast,withtheintenttomakethisprocessasopenandaccessibleaspossible.

5. DuplicateResolutions

Policyproposalssimilartopreviouslyadoptedresolutionsatnationalconventionswouldbeconsideredduplicateresolutions,however,thosethatwerepresentedbutwerenotadoptedwillnotbeconsideredduplicates.Theonusisontheproponentstoensurethattheresolutionsproposedarenotduplicateresolutions.PleasevisitthisLPClinktoreviewpreviouslyadoptedresolutions.

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6. PolicyResolutionFormatandGuidance

Proponentsmustensurethatresolutionsfittheformatdescribedintheguidelines.Fordetailedinformationonpolicyresolutionformatpleaseconsultsection4oftheLPCPolicyDevelopmentGuideline.AdditionalassistancepleasereviewtheNationalPolicyKit.

7. ResolutionsonIndigenousAffairs

ResolutionsonIndigenousaffairsmustconsulttheIndigenousCommissionbycontactingMichelleRobinson,President,IPC,michelle.robinson@telus.net

8. Evidence-BasedResolutions

Proponentsmustconsultarecognizedexpert,orciteresearch,orrefertoavalidandrecognizedsource/resourcetobackuptheproposedresolutions.Thisinformationmustbedocumentedandattachedtoallresolutionproposals.Proposalswithoutsupportingdocumentationwillnotbeconsidered.

9. Onlinevoting

TheCommitteewillannounceinSeptemberthevotingprocess,rulesandtheonlinevotingsystemforthepurposesofrankingtheresolutions.

10. PolicySubmissionProcess

Thefollowingarethepolicysubmissionsteps:• Proponentssendanemailtothegenericemailboxwiththepolicyresolutiontitle,abriefof

itssynopsisandsupportingevidence-basedresearch.• ThepolicyresolutionmustbefiledonGoogledrivefolder:NewResolutions.• Thedraftsubmissionwillbereviewedtoensureitiscompleteanditmeetsthecriteria

establishedaboveinsections1to8.Proponentswillbenotifiedifthereareissuesandwhatisnecessaryfortheresolutiondrafttomoveforward.

• PolicyresolutionsacceptedbytheCommitteewillbeassignedtooneormoreCommitteememberswhowillreviewthemandworktogetherwithproponentstofinalizeresolutions.

• Finalresolutionswillbepostedon-lineformembershipreviewandvoting.• ForfeedbackandassistancepleasecontacttheCommitteeusingthegenericemailbox:

Policy.LPCA@gmail.com

11. ContactInformation

Eachofthepolicycommitteemembers,hasgraciouslyacceptedtotaketheleadonvariousbroadtopicstobethecontactpersonbasedtheirexpertiseasfollows:• Multiculturalism,smallbusiness,foreignaffairs:HarpreetSinghGill,

harry22_gill@yahoo.com,780-884-3551• Immigration,citizenship,refugees,borderservices,governmentaffairs,finance:Dan

Bildhauer,d.bildhauer@gmail.com,780-777-2888• Women'sissues,education,taxation:JenniferPollock,jennifer.pollock@shaw.ca• Seniors,justice,humanrights,constitutionalmatters:EleanorOlszewski,

eolszewski@mlt.com• Indigenousissues:MichelleRobinson,michelle.robinson@telus.net,ChrisShade,

chris.shade@xplornet.com

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• Healthcare:DonnaWilson,dmwilson@ualberta.ca• Publicsecurity,electoralreform:DawnLitzenburger,dawn@aquashell.com• Energy:RobbieSchuett,robert.m.schuett@schuettlaw.com• Environment,resources:RobAishford,raishford@yahoo.ca

Fortechnicalassistanceorfeedbackpleaseemail:Policy.LPCA@gmail.com

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