Garth Turner was booted from the Ontario Tory Caucus today, and by extension, he’s been suspended from the Conservative National Caucus. I’d always wondered how Garth found the appropriate balance between blogging and caucus confidentiality. I…
Recently, I’ve been reading up on the Report of the Events Relating to Maher Arar, prepared by Justice Dennis O’Connor. As someone who is concerned about the delicate balance between the civil liberties of Canadian citizens and the winning strategy…
Long-time readers of this blog will know that whenever I spot Globe and Mail journalist Gloria Galloway using “anonymous” or unnnamed senior Conservative activists to qualify her Conservative attack pieces, I like to point it out. Today, Galloway…
My latest in this series of posts on this year’s Calgary Congress brings the proceedings of the event put on by the Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy in video form. The first video features speakers Jason Kenney (CPC Calgary-Southeast),…
Some readers have asked for L. Ian MacDonald’s speech after I reviewed it last week. I’ve received the go-ahead, so here it is: There are two constitutional traditions in Canada, the British North America Act of 1867 and the Charter of Rights and…
Ted Morton is an Albertan MLA who is running to replace Ralph Klein as the next PC leader in that province (and Premier by extension). At the Calgary Congress last weekend, hosted by the Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy, I had the chance to…
At the Calgary Congress this weekend put on by the Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy, I had the opportunity to sit down for a chat with Preston Manning.
I almost let this story slip by: OTTAWA–Literacy — it’s all about reading, writing and getting your story straight. Or so it seemed this week in Ottawa. On Monday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government axed $17.7 million from the human…
Sad news struck the Conservative and general political community this weekend as it heard the tragic news of the death of Peter Naglik, a committed political activist. From the many discussions with a number of the Calgary conference attendees and…
This weekend, I find myself in Calgary for the Calgary Congress put on by the Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy. The conference is a discussion on Renewing the Federation, filled particularly with discussion on the topics of equalization,…
