Interviewing politicians is so much easier when they come through to visit Kingston rather than me going either to Calgary, Ottawa or Toronto to interview them! Senator Hugh Segal is a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate (appointed by Prime…
Hey Kids! This Hallowe’en, Uncle Joe Volpe wants you to trick-or-treat for his Liberal leadership. If you don’t have a trust-fund to give to Joe, you can go door-to-door collecting money dressed up as mummy, a witch, or a newly minted, yet deceased,…
Stories in the written press (newspaper/internet) about Puppy-gate: 376 Number of news stories about announced by-elections: 97 Number of news stories about the Conservative government’s Dangerous Offenders legislation: 127 Has the Canadian news…
I just received an email from the Liberal Party of Canada offering me free media credentials to the Liberal convention in late November / early December. I hear that my pal Staples is the other Blogging Tory that’s been offered the gig. I suppose…
James Lunney is a Conservative Party MP from Nanaimo-Alberni in British Columbia. Lunney is currently facing one of the silliest and petty legal challenges that I’ve ever seen. Canada.com Lunney sued for using the term ‘doctor’Constituent says MP…
I was on the Liberal website today looking to check the price of the observer status for their upcoming convention ($1250?! *$#@!). The observer pass at the CPC convention was $300 and that didn’t even count as a donation! (nyuk, nyuk) I noticed…
Even though the Halton MP is Garth non grata among his Conservative Party caucus colleagues, Garth is still a card-carrying member of the party and self-identifies as a conservative. Therefore, garth.ca is a welcome blog in our grassroots blogging…
Everyone seems to be hopping mad about Minister Ambrose’s Clean Air Act that was released in the foyer outside the House yesterday. I’ve done some reading and found a 2005 CD Howe report titled “Burning Our Money to Warm the Planet“. I’ve reproduced…
The Tories released their Clean Air Act yesterday. Like 99.9% of Canadians, I haven’t read through the details yet but it seems that the media is particularly hostile to it, along with environmental groups. Luckily, they’ll use the old standby for…
In his news conference today, Garth Turner challenged members of the media to find record of him breaching caucus confidentiality. Garth explained that his blog contains record of what he has said. I have found a section which has been altered. The…
