Today is day 2 at CPAC in Washington DC. It’s been quite a successful conference so far and I’ve met a lot of great people. Making the trip down to Washington however wasn’t as smooth. Yesterday, our Air Canada flight…
The Prime Ministerial website is accessible at http://pm.gc.ca and besides the changing of the guard over the years (from Chretien to Martin to Harper), the website has not really changed that much and still remains…
Today Prime Minister Stephen Harper named his cabinet and among his choices were former Liberal Minister David Emerson and Tory campaign chair Michel Fortier. On the plus side the Conservatives have made an effort to…
Stephen Harper – Prime Minister Michel Fortier – Public Works and Government Services Monte Solberg – Citizenship and Immigration David Emerson – International Trade Peter MacKay – Foreign Affairs and ACOA Gordon…
Michaelle Jean, the Governor General, takes the actual reins of power in the hour between Martin’s resignation and Harper’s swearing-in. Gary Lunn took a taxi to Rideau Hall. Gary Lunn will be a cabinet minister. Monte…
January 23rd marked a monumental date in Canadian history and the implications and consequences of this day will echo within the Canadian social and cultural mindset for years and years to come. Yes, on a Monday evening…
On CTV’s Question Period this Sunday, Globe and Mail scribe Jane Taber interviewed Conservative Deputy leader Peter MacKay in a first post-election recap for the show. As MacKay listed out Harper’s five key priorities…
Check out this one-sided and politically editorialized article (not a column) from Jim Bronskill of the Canadian Press. The article is titled “Gun registry valuable, police chiefs to tell Harper” and begins: The head of…
I added a new feature to Blogging Tories this weekend called “Blogging Tories Television” or BT-TV. It is perhaps the most interesting (and fun) feature that I’ve implemented into the site so far. You can go to Blogging…
During the election, there was much talk of the Liberal war room mole and the leaks which came out from the Liberal war room which were easily picked up by Conservative strategists and the media. Granted, the mole did…
