Anyone with any real desire to remain in touch with the party would ensure the email lines were secure. Youth culture survives on email that 100,000 would simply “forget” to provide theirs is not credible. More telling is the failure of the alleged Trudeau “supporters” to provide an email address. The last is probably the least substantial, as anglo-Quebecers are used to being treated as an afterthought in a province where discriminating against English is official government policy. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. These include maybe 100,000 Trudeau fans who didn’t provide email addresses, requiring snail mail forms to be sent out botched coding on some forms late mailings and – the ultimate irony – French-language forms being sent to English-speaking Quebecers. Party spokeswoman Sarah Bain maintains the total is not bad, but the Trudeau crowd is upset, and is complaining about various “technical glitches” it says has been holding back its throng of supporters. And the deadline for registering is Thursday. This week the numbers have taken a hit: of 294,000 brand new party “supporters” – including Justin’s total plus the other seven candidates - only 89,000 have roused themselves enough to actually register to vote. To be a “supporter”, all you have to do is agree to temporarily identify yourself as holding a limited interest in the Liberal leadership race, and who might emerge as the winner. Just last week Justin Trudeau’s camp was crowing over his success in signing up 150,000 “supporters”, later increased to a possible 165,000. Members and supporters must register by Thursday in order to be entitled to vote. With only three days left to register, just 89,000 had registered by Monday evening. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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