Searching for the New Liberalism: Perspectives, Policies, Prospects

The political world is experiencing a series of immense pressures - political cyncism, voter dissatisfaction, alienation of the young, new radical political movements... everything is in turmoil and disarray.After last century's experimenation with neo-conservatism, 'new' labour, the collapse of communism, crony-capitalism...political exhaustion seems to have set in. This is the distressing and 'post-modern' condition of ideologies, parties, policies, and political thought.Among liberals globally and among Canadian liberals, there is a craving need for a revitalization of political discourse, for a vital and progressive liberalism, consistent with the realities of the 21st century, true to the valid precepts of liberal thought and reflective of the Canadian experience.