Stephen Harper’s famous five priorities during the previous election were packaged as such because Paul Martin seemed to name every issue as “his #1 one priority”. In fact, if I remember correctly, the Conservatives formed a list of about 100 items…

The Globe and Mail recently published an article on Monday about appointments to the Judicial Advisory Committee, a group of volunteer individuals that help select a pool of candidates for consideration for the Minister of Justice. The Globe notes…

Macleans newsmagazine has put together a new initiative called the Macleans 50 which is described as “A diverse field of Canada’s most well known and respected personalities from journalists to politicians offering their comments on the issues of…

I had the opportunity last month to record an interview with the new Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley. We discussed multicultural outreach, recognition of foreign credentials and sought to clear up any ignorance floating around…

I’ve been doing a bit of digging on the topic of Conservative french-language attack ads (since we all know they’re coming, and since the english-language versions were successful in English-Canada). Will they attack Dion on his dismal environmental…

These ads were released today by the John Tory-led PC Party of Ontario. They are pure endorsement-style advertising where three spots feature three Ontarians singing the praises of John Tory as “a leader”. First, the good… The Ontario PC Party is…

A nice plug for Blogging Tories from Tim Powers on Mike Duffy Live. Tim’s talking about the Dion ringtones / Blackberry wallpaper / Desktop wallpaper that is available for download from Blogging Tories. Instructions, go to www.bloggingtories.ca on…

This week I also met Elizabeth May. The leader of the Green Party was in high spirits that day despite Garth Turner’s betrayal of everyone (conservatives, constituents, May and the Greens) just a few hours earlier. Turner campaigned for May in…

Last night at the CIJA dinner, I met former Liberal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and former leadership candidate Joe Volpe. The conversation went like this: ST: “Hi Mr. Volpe, my name’s Stephen Taylor” JV: “[shakes my hand] Hello. [turns…

Garth Turner just switched over to the Liberals. A few quick notes He’s Dion’s problem now Doesn’t change the balance of power since Garth was independent Garth should have gone Green Party if he believed in action on the environment instead of…