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The federal Liberals continue to register strong scores on the Nanos Party Power Index.

The Liberals scored 60.5 points out of 100 on the Nanos Party Power Index, while the Conservatives scored 50.4 points, the NDP 49.6 points, the Green Party 31.9 points and the BQ 25.6 points (QC only).

Accessible voters for both the Liberals and the NDP are near a twelve month high for both parties while accessible voters for the Conservatives are near their twelve month average.

Asked a series of independent questions for each party, 58.8 per cent of Canadians would consider voting Liberal, while 45.6 per cent would consider the NDP, 40.6 per cent would consider the Conservatives and 28.2 per cent of Canadians would consider voting for the Green Party of Canada.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has maintained a seven point advantage in the week over week tracking on the preferred prime minister front over Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and registered a new 12-month high.

For the first ranked choice for PM, Trudeau came in at 35.8 per cent, Harper at 28.3 per cent, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair at 17.8 per cent, Green Leader Elizabeth May at 3.6 per cent, Bloc Quebecois Leader Mario Beaulieu at 0.7 per cent and the rest were unsure.

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OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is facing the first serious test of his leadership of Canada's Liberals in the wake of a parliamentary vote to send Canadian fighter jets to Iraq.

Trudeau and most Liberal MPs voted against the idea.

But Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister and a globally recognized human rights defender, abstained from the vote, saying in a statement that his "principled absention," as he called it, was a result of his recognition that military intervention against Islamic terrorists in Iraq and Syria is required, but that the Harper government's proposal lacked "clarity."

Cotler, former Liberal leader Stephane Dion and former Liberal cabinet ministers Lawrence MacAulay and Mauril Belanger, were also absent from Tuesday night's vote.

And influential Liberals like former interim leader Bob Rae, former cabinet minister Lloyd Axworthy, and retired general and former Liberal senator Romeo Dallaire, all argued ahead of the vote for a combat mission in Iraq.

The apparent schism among Canada's Liberals was an opportunity for Trudeau's political opponents to pounce.

"The Liberal Party should hang its head in a shame," Employment Minister Jason Kenney said after the vote. "This is an ignoble day for the proud Liberal Party of Canada, underscored by Irwin Cotler's absence tonight."

Kenney has long admired Cotler's work in defence of human rights in Canada and around the world and Kenney even began his political career as a Liberal staffer working for long-time Liberal MP Ralph Goodale.

"The vote that the Liberal Party cast tonight is contrary to everything that party ever stood for in foreign and security policy," Kenney said.

And, indeed, Trudeau now may have more work convincing his own party, let alone Canadian voters, that he was right to reject the combat mission Iraq largely on the basis that, in his estimation, the Harper Conservatives had not made the case for a combat mission.

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Marketing executive and former journalist Dai Le. Photo: James Alcock

Pressure is building on the NSW Liberal Party to preselect a woman to its upper house ticket for next year's state election, with four female candidates putting their hands up.

Marketing executive and former journalist Dai Le nominated shortly before the deadline of October 1.

She is joined by Woollahra councillor Katherine O'Regan, who served as chief of staff to former environment minister Robyn Parker,andMary-Lou Jarvis, an adviser to Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.

Woollahra councillor Katherine O'Regan is one of four female Liberal candidates for next year's state election. Photo: Tamara Dean

Their nominations follow that of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's sister Christine Forster, who is a City of Sydney councillor.

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Ms Le, who stood unsuccessfully for the Liberals in the seat of Cabramatta at the 2011 election, was a surprisenon-starter for the south-western Sydney provincial spot on the upper house ticket this year. She is close to retiring upper house MP Charlie Lynn and was regarded as a strong contender to replace him.

Instead, a little-known motor mechanic and Wollondilly councillor, Lou Amato, was the only candidate to nominate for Mr Lynn's position. He secured the winnable spot thanks to backing from local powerbroker Jai Rowell, who is the minister for mental health.

Mr Lynn told Parliament in May that he was "absolutely perplexed as to how a position that commands a six-figure salary with a secure eight-year tenure could attract only one applicant, apparently an unknown tradesman with an invisible history in the Liberal Party".

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Bill Maher - Liberals don #39;t stand up for Liberal Values with Muslims
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Philippe Assouline discusses Pro Israel Liberals with David Pakman
June 2, 2014, Philippe Assouline discusses growing misinformation and liberal hostility to Israel as result of Palestinian propaganda.

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