The National Policy and Electoral Platform (NPEP) Committee oversees the policy development process as per Constitution item 33(2). Here’s a quick overview of how resolutions are developed and how they end up at the Biennial Convention.
Members >> Ridings >> PTAs >> National Office >> Post online >> Biennial Convention
Members >> Clubs >> PT Commission >> Nat’l Commission >> National Office >> Post online >> Biennial
Caucus >> National Office >> Post online >> Biennial Convention
NPEP (emerging resolutions if need be) >> National Office >> Post online (if possible) >> Biennial
Phase 1: Development
1. Members prepare resolutions and present them to their riding association
2. Ridings adopt ten resolutions
3. Provincial and Territorial Associations (PTAs) hold a policy convention and discuss the ridings’ resolutions
4. 10 resolutions are adopted at the PTA convention – of these 10 resolutions, one is identified as a priority resolution
a) The priority resolutions go straight to the convention policy plenary for discussion and possible adoption by convention delegates
5. 10 resolutions (1 priority + 9 remaining resolutions) are then submitted to the Party’s National Office
- Note that Manitoba piloted a new resolution format
6. Caucus also submits 10 resolutions to the National Office
7. NPEP can submit emerging resolutions if need be
8. Resolutions that were deemed to be too similar were returned to the authors so that they could consider blending them together, i.e. if two resolutions from different PTAs speak of child care, they could benefit from being aligned together so that they are not “competing” against each other for members’ support
Phase 2: Online
9. The Party posts the resolutions by topic on the convention website in “online workshops” prior to the convention so that members can review and discuss them
- The priority resolutions are posted as information only since these are automatically going to the convention floor
10. Members identify a priority resolution for each online workshop, i.e. there might be 5-10 resolutions in the “health” category but one of these must be identified as the priority
a) This “new” priority resolution will join the original priority resolutions at the convention floor
b) To do so, members vote for their preferred resolution by clicking the “vote” button
c) Once resolutions are on the website, Party members (only) may at anytime vote or remove their vote for a resolution
d) Votes will be considered to have this resolution brought forward as the online workshops’ priority resolution
e) Resolutions that have the most votes by November 30th will be deemed to be priority resolutions and will join the other priority resolutions at the Biennial Convention’s Policy Plenary session.
Phase 3: 2012 Biennial Convention
11. Convention delegates discuss and debate only the priority resolutions at the Biennial Convention’s Policy Plenary session
12. Resolutions that are adopted become Party policy as per Constitution item 33(2)(b)
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