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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.