I haven’t been thinking too much about the CBC lockout and its effect on the state-run broadcaster. This seems to be the case with many Canadians. But, what I do find interesting (from a political blogging perspective) is the commentary behind the…

h/t: Filibuster Cartoons

Compare the front pages from both the National Post and the Globe and Mail from yesterday. The National Post: Click for PDF The Globe and Mail: Click for PDF One represents the interests of the taxpayer and the other represents the views of the…

Gerry Nicholls is president of the National Citizens Coalition and he gave a great speech at Peter Jaworski’s Liberty Summer Seminar. To access the Blogging Tories podcast feed click here. (Podcast instructions here). Or, you can download the audio…

I was born in Vancouver and lived there for the first four years of my life before I moved to Ontario. Whenever I feel the need to show Western credentials, I laughingly pretend that these formative first years give me enough ‘cred’. The rest of the…

Conservative MP Chuck Strahl revealed today that he’s fighting pleural mesotheli,oma, a cancer that affects the exterior lining of the lung. MP Strahl attributes it to his work as a logger twenty-five years ago and his exposure to asbestos during…

Some in the Canadian Conservative movement have half-correctly compared our party to the Democrats in the United States. While the philosophy shared between the two parties is as different as it is similar, our predicament can draw a few parallels.…

I just got these pictures from a friend of a friend who lives near York University in Toronto. Finch Ave. West has split in two because of the weather and now there’s a new river in the city. Click on the images to enlarge them. Photo credit: N.…

Rona Ambrose and James Rajotte give two great interviews on CPC Energy, the Conservative Party’s website for youth. Both podcasts are now available on the Blogging Tories podcast feed (podcast instructions are here) Remember, you DON’T need an iPod!

Here’s the third podcast from Peter Jaworski’s Liberty Summer Seminar. This one’s quite academic as Jan Narveson, philosophy professor at the University of Waterloo and recipient of the Order of Canada, discusses liberty. You can subscribe to the…