The front page of the Globe and Mail today outlined the injuries of Zahra Kazemi, the Canadian photojournalist who suspiciously died while in Iranian custody. An Iranian doctor who had examined Kazemi, while she was unconscious, noted the following…
When the Fathers of Confederation assembled to hash out a representative system, most would agree that they were quite aware of the idea of checks and balances as a senate assembly could trump the wishes of the cabinet, and by doing so, would…
The last day of the convention, Saturday was the most interesting day (at least business wise) of this “most successful gathering of conservatives in 20 years”. Going on about 3 hours of sleep I arrived at the convention hall after checking out of…
After the vote on the National Council and on Stephen Harper’s leadership had concluded, a leader’s cocktail party reception was held on the 7th floor of the convention hall. Most of the 2,900 delegates must have been there as the hall was…
Brian Mulroney introduced Harper via video (he’s recovering from lung surgery). Harper’s speech was very well written and kudos are in order for his speechwriter(s). I’ve been told that Harper writes many of his own speeches, so if this is true, he…
Slept in. (See previous post about hospitality suites before and… hey, I’m an observer and I don’t need to attend delegate votes at 8am). Lunch time: cab it into the congress centre. Pop into a policy debate concerning economic development and…
I arrived in Montreal yesterday for the convention registration and immediately bumped into a few people I knew from the leadership race and people with whom I went to school. First impressions? You can’t turn around without bumping into an MP or…
Why are there so many conservative writers in the blogosphere? I’ve been asked this a couple of times over the time that I have been blogging. Are we better writers? Is the left full of luddites? Are we just merely better motivated? Political…
Most everyone is familiar with Bil Keane’s daily comic which can be found in most widely published newspapers in North America. Family Circus has been around for as long as I can remember and it’s always been one of the comics that you either skip,…
From beach umbrellas to t-shirts to toques. Take a sneak-peak at the Conservative Party store which gets officially unveiled later this week and get your gear-on. They ought to get some belt buckles, cufflinks, ties and stickers don’t you think?…
