I’ve been back in Ottawa for about 36 hours after making the trip to Washington DC to observe the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. It goes without saying that the inauguration was a historic event as the…
Today, American radical William Ayers was denied entry to Canada. Here’s the an excerpt from the article on the story in the Globe and Mail: William Ayers, a distinguished education professor from the University of Illinois at Chicago, said he was…
It was five years ago today that I started this blog. I started writing on this site as a tool to compliment my nomination campaign in Kingston prior to the 2004 general election. I wasn’t successful in that nomination campaign as my blog at the…
In 2008, I had the opportunity to tour the level 4 laboratory in Winnipeg Manitoba with my boss Preston Manning. In my day job, I am the science policy and communications adviser for the Manning Centre for Building Democracy and part of our mandate…
On Friday, I sent out an email to the tens of thousands on the Rally for Canada email list asking them to participate in a small survey concerning the upcoming federal budget. I asked people four questions concerning the government spending and…
The breaking news late this evening is that Ottawa bus union voters voted tonight on returning to work and ending the strike. A vote against continuing the strike would effectively end the suspension in bus service. However, that will not happen as…
Last night, before a record crowd in Kanata, Canada’s world junior team won the gold against Sweden in a game that ended 5-1 but remained competitive until the final period with two runaway goals in the closing minutes. Earlier, the tournament…
Yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of the founding of Blogging Tories, Canada’s original political blogroll and aggregator. I started blogging about a year before the founding of Blogging Tories shortly after the Conservative Party was founded.…
Newfoundland and Labrador – Fabian Manning Nova Scotia – Fred Dickson, Stephen Greene, Michael L. MacDonald PEI – Mike Duffy New Brunswick – Percy Mockler, John D. Wallace Québec – Patrick Brazeau, Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis, Leo Housakos, Michel…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to announce 18 appointments to the Senate today. A lot of the Ottawa-based media is either on break or anticipating to knock off for a few days for the Christmas holiday. However, for those that are…
