Vincent highlighted by Toronto Star reporter Susan Delacourt on the future of the Liberal Party of Canada (May 2011)

Vincent St. Pierre is a history student who writes a blog called CalgaryLiberal.com and who had been set to do an internship in Ottawa until this week’s defeat. St. Pierre may have written one of the most intriguing posts about the Liberals’ future.

In his blog post, St. Pierre argues that centrism is an electoral strategy, not a political philosophy, and that the Liberals should now start listening more closely to the current wisdom of — yes — Preston Manning, founder of the old Reform Party.

Vincent interviewed by the Calgary Herald as part of its covereage of the University of Calgary’s “Vote Mob” event promoting the federal election and youth voting. (April 2011)

The goal of the informal rally, making its way across Canadian campuses, is simple: Get younger voters to the polls. Period. ”If they do, politicians will simply have to listen,” said 20-year old Vincent St. Pierre.

Vincent interviewed by Annalise Klingbeil at Openfile.ca on young people juggling studying, exams and politics (April 2011)

“It’s important (to be engaged in politics) because if no one does anything, nothing changes,” says Vincent St. Pierre, a University of Calgary student whose interest in politics began in high school. “I just saw that my values weren’t being represented in Ottawa and weren’t being represented in Edmonton.”

St. Pierre runs a political blog. He also works as an arts faculty student representative at the University of Calgary, where he is helping organize candidate forums for students. As well, he is the tech guy on the campaign of Calgary Centre-North Liberal candidate Stephen Randall. Juggling school, work and politics is difficult, but the latter is something St. Pierre feels passionate about. “I work really hard. I’ve given up on a lot of other things I could have jumped on to so that I can be politically engaged.”

Vincent on Radio One Calgary to talk about Usage-Based Billing (February 2011)

Link: http://www.archive.org/details/CbcRadio–VincentOnUsageBasedBilling

Vincent cited in the Edmonton Journal’s Capital Notebook about his scoop on the Official Opposition shadow cabinet shuffle (January 2011)

Alberta Liberals shuffled the shadow cabinet Thursday, moving leader Dr. David Swann to the health care portfolio. For a detailed review of the changes, check out [Vincent St. Pierre]‘s scoop.

Vincent interviewed by the Calgary Journal about blogging in Calgary (January 2011)

Locally, Calgary bloggers have used this technology to get their views out to the public. Vincent St. Pierre, a political activist, created the blog CalgaryLiberal.com and has become popular with Calgarians.

“I try to give out my viewpoint,” St. Pierre said. “I talk to people and try to get them involved in politics.”

“Sometimes when you have civilians blogging, you lose some quality,” St. Pierre said. “But there’s also lots of opportunities for more in-depth stories since you don’t have to filter or follow guidelines.”

St. Pierre acknowledged that civilian blogs may not be the most polished source of information, compared to newspapers and other professional media, but the fact that it influences people has become a key motivator for many bloggers.

Vincent being interviewed by Jennifer Abbott, VP Student Life of the Students Union at the University of Calgary, on CJSW 90.9 FM (December 2010)

Link: http://www.archive.org/details/SoSuMeJenniferAbbottAndVincentSt.Pierre

Vincent interviewed by The Gauntlet about the SU Quality Money proposal for an Arts Faculty lounge (November 2010)

The new amalgamated faculty of arts at the University of Calgary was established months ago, but to several students the change was in name only. Students’ Union representatives from the faculty are trying to change that by proposing a new lounge dedicated to arts student use.

“I personally believe having a common lounge space really allows people to go in and feel like they’re a part of something greater,” said Vincent St. Pierre, one the arts representatives most involved with the project. [...] St. Pierre listed the goals of the new lounge as a general meeting space for students, a presentation space for small groups and as branding for the new arts faculty. [...] The representatives have seen support from administration as well. St. Pierre said the possibility of a student lounge was discussed before the merger.

Vincent being interviewed by Jennifer Abbott, VP Student Life of the Students Union at the University of Calgary, on CJSW 90.9 FM (September 2010)

Link: http://www.archive.org/details/SoSuMeJenniferAbbottLaraSchmitzAndVincentSt.Pierre

Vincent interviewed by The Gauntlet about the resigning of Students’ Union Science representative Ola Mohajer (September 2010)

Faculty of Arts representative Vincent St. Pierre also voted in favour of granting a term excusal to Mohajer.

“The duties as an SLC member are not confined to just the SLC,” he said. “There are also duties to students and faculty that she was fulfilling.”

St. Pierre added that since Mohajer was required to take courses not offered at the U of C and could carry the workload, she deserved an excusal. [...]

St. Pierre agreed that the situation was unfortunate.

“I feel pain because everyone [on the SLC] said that she would get an excusal at committee,” he said.

St. Pierre was also upset that there was a request for the meeting to go in-camera, or off the record.

“It should not have gone in-camera because it needed to be transparent and clear to all the students,” he said.

Vincent in Edmonton Journal’s Capital Notebook (May 2010)

EDMONTON — The Alberta Liberals passed a resolution at their party convention Sunday pledging co-operation with the NDP and other left-of-centre parties in the next election.The result prompted cheers and hugs among many in the room, but others were furious, saying it’s a destructive idea that will drive away party stalwarts….

This was obviously a controversial item [according to Vincent St. Pierre's, a liberal blogger,], so…

Vincent highlighted in the Calgary Beacon’s coverage of the Macdonald-Laurier society’s Think Big Conference (Mar. 2010)

Vincent St. Pierre is a university student and blogger who is involved in politics and was encouraged to attend the conference by a professor.  As someone who is a frequent user of web-based technology, St. Pierre says his big idea would involve streamlining government to allow small teams (presumably comprised of bureaucrats and members outside government) to work collaberatively on policy issues.  This innovation, he argues, would speed up response time while reducing costs.

Juan Cole, American public intellectual and international writer, on Climategate 2009 cites Vincent (Dec. 2008)

[According to blogger Vincent St. Pierre, would] actually proving that some climate scientists have engaged in partisan activity change the above facts? No. Was that proved by the hacked emails? No.