Now that we’ve all been given morsels of gossip (if not the truth, and nothing but the truth — the whole truth is still coming) from the Gomery inquiry, parliamentarians are speaking of confidence motions and snap…
What if… What if I had some details of the secret testimony given by Jean Brault on Thursday? What if I received this by email correspondence? Email is personal communication and is not covered by the publication ban…
The papacy of Pope John Paul II is coming to an end during these sad and reflective days. As an outsider to the Roman Catholic Church, I believe that God has blessed us all with the life and kind spirit of this…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
