Party policy wonks, start your engines.

With less than two years to go before Team Trudeau heads back out on the hustings in hopes of securing a second term in government, card-carrying Liberal supporters from across Canada are set to descend on Halifax this spring to debate what the party position should be on everything from consensual sex work to supply management.

Earlier this week, the Canadian Press kicked off its preview of the upcoming confab by highlighting a proposal that seems certain to generate both controversy and press coverage by proposing what would effectively be the full decriminalization of virtually all recreational drug use in Canada.

If adopted, the proposal — put forward by the Liberal caucus — would urge the government to take a “public health approach” to the ongoing opioid crisis, not just by expanding harm reduction and treatment programs, but also by “reclassify[ing] low level drug consumption and possession as administrative violations.”

But while it clearly has the backing of at least a few sitting Liberal MPs, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s got a lock on a spot in the next platform. (In fact, there’s no guarantee that any of the resolutions set for debate in April will be part of the Liberals’ pitch for re-election, although those that are passed with majority support do become official party policy.)

In order to be put forward for consideration by the membership, it first has to make it through an initial round of online voting to choose the “top 30” — out of 39 — resolutions to be “prioritized” for debate.

Here’s a quick overview of some of the other resolutions competing for a spot on the short list:

The Young Liberals will once again attempt to make the case for the party to back a more small-l libertarian policy on consensual sex work by decriminalizing both the buying and selling of such services by those over the age of 18, as well as increasing “access to sexual health clinics and counseling” and working with sex workers to “improve their relationship with local authorities.”

Alberta Liberals are pushing for the development of a strategy that will give Canada “oil and gas independence,” while ensuring “strong environmental and safety regulations, national job creation and economic growth and respect for the rights and interests of Indigenous peoples.”

Another resolution emanating from Alberta would call on the government to boost support for affordable housing by committing funds to refit “non-market housing complexes” to meet “health, safety and accessibility codes,” as well as “support the principle that the total cost of public non-market housing for lower income residents of Canada should not exceed 30 per cent of their gross annual income.”

Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan wing of the party would like to see the party come up with a “comprehensive policy on restorative justice,” which would seem to go nicely with a Manitoba Liberal proposal to broaden the use of conditional sentencing — or, as it is more commonly known, “house arrest” — for non-violent offences.

Saskatchewanians are also boosting a pitch to allow visa-free business and tourism travel to Canada for Ukrainian citizens.

The National Liberal Women’s Caucus wants to urge the government to honour its “solemn obligation … to press for the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons” by endorsing the United Nations treaty banning the use of such devices.

The Women’s Caucus is also pushing for Canada to do more to combat “tax avoidance,” including supporting a UN-driven process to negotiate a global end to tax havens. The British Columbia wing of the federal party is pushing for this too, having sponsored a resolution to recover money lost to offshore tax schemes.

Also on B.C.’s wishlist: The establishment of “a universal, single-payer, evidence-based, and sustainable public drug plan” — a proposal that is also supported by the national caucus, which points out that a resolution to set up just such a program before 2019 was adopted at the last Liberal convention in 2016.

The Quebec Liberal caucus wants the party to create a “working group” to come up with “solutions to protect the supply management system,” which would eventually be passed on to the prime minister of the day, and his or her cabinet.

Quebec Liberals have also put forward a resolution in support of a guaranteed minimum income, an earlier proposal in support of which was also adopted at the 2016 convention.

Finally, Yukon Liberals are hoping to convince the government to rename the position of territorial commission to “lieutenant-governor” in order to be consistent with the provincial format, and “appropriately reflects the nature of the Office and the maturity of the territories in the Canadian federation.”

You can read the full list of resolutions — as well as the ensuing discussion threads — on the Liberal Party website.