I said it before, and I’ll say it again.Had John Tory still been Progressive Conservative leader, he’d be the Premier of Ontario today, and I’d still be an Ontario Progressive Conservative. This is what a competent and pragmatic conservative contender …
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The Progressive Right: Where’s that Firewall?
Toronto needs to give its head a shake and throw out these university-educated, latte-sipping, cultural elitists, and tell them to stay out of Alberta’s politics! Where’s that firewall?[CTV, National Citizens Coalition bashes Redford’s victory]A Toront…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Tory Candidate Blames Campaign Troubles on Tim Hudak
More Tory troubles. This time, however, it’s with an active Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate who comes clean about how difficult it is to deliver her leader’s divisive and destructive message to voters.[London Free Press, Miller blam…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Victory for Insite
The Supreme Court’s decision that Insite must remain open is a tremendous victory for reason over ideology. Canada’s Conservative government sought to close a safe-injection site in Vancouver, despite physical evidence that it reduced drug use, re…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Tory Syndrome, the Follow Up
Well, it appears that Tim Hudak supporters are attacking former Progressive Conservative leaders, instead of Tim Hudak himself. I’m not entirely sure I’ve seen a sitting Progressive Conservative MPP, standing for re-election, attack one of th…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Tory Syndrome
Four years ago this month, a sizeable chunk of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative supporters already had their knives out and sharpened for John Tory. This was based upon the belief that Tory was not a true conservative like Tim Hudak and tha…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Sign Posted on Jarvis in Toronto
Here’s a picture I found via FailBlog that I planned to share a while ago. It still has relevance if you’re familiar with the Ford-era of politics in Toronto.[Metro, City votes to scrap some downtown bike lanes]
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Google+ Invite
If you’re waiting for your golden ticket to join Google+, here it is. You’re welcome.https://plus.google.com/i/4becCuSebIw:IeJEdL8S53oReturning to posting soon.
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: I’ll be Back
I promise. Just a little politicked out.
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: What Happened to My Tories?
Lower the price of beer, freeze all day kindergarten, rage against the HST and the health premium but admit they’re keeping it because it’s good for Ontario. These are the priorities for Tim Hudak’s New Conservative Party?
Looks like I’m voting Liber…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Women’s Centres Rally Today Against Thompson Rape Case Judge’s Suggestion of "Implied Consent"
Via the Canadian Federation of Students – Manitoba.
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Thursday, February 24, 2011
WOMEN’S CENTRES RALLY AGAINST THOMPSON RAPE CASE JUDGE’S SUGGESTION OF “IMPLIED CONSENT”
MANITOBA—Women’s Centres are a…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Judge Rules Rape Did Not Occur Because of "Misunderstanding"
According to Winnipeg judge Robert Dewar (appointed September 2009 by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson), women should not talk to men because it could be unintentionally conveyed that there is “sex in the air” and the laws regarding rape are thrown out t…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Roll Up the Rim Stats 2011
It’s time for the fifth annual tracking of my Roll Up the Rim statistics. I’ll update this post as my consumption totals rise up.
As always, I record three statistics.
The first number represents the number of ‘Wins’. I will update the post to indic…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Brewery Lobby in Full Force
The big brewery lobby has managed to find a friend in the National Post.
Recently, regulations would require the beer industry to include allergens on their beer labels [National Post, Beer makers protest proposed allergy warning labels]:
Industry opp…
The Progressive Right: Portugal — Drug Experiment
Portugal must be a social conservative’s worst nightmare.
For one, they decriminalized possession of narcotics ten years ago, increased treatment for addiction and targeted their criminal prosecution efforts solely on distribution and trafficking. [D…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Blogging Tories in their Own Words
When it’s become clear that it’s time to review our words and avoid demonizing our political opponents, I am thankful for sites like Blogging Tories in their Own Words to shine the light on this distastful practice.
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Charles McVety was for Censorship before he was Against It
Charles McVety, the best spokesman for the Conservative Party a partisan Liberal could ever hope for, has come out against censorship despite being for it.
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Open Letter to Canoe.ca
To Whom it May Concern,
The problem I have is, while perusing your website, I was reading an article about a high school hostage situation, and the largest graphic on the page is that of an adult female, modeling t-shirts with jokes regarding therapy,…
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: RCMP Comment Fail
Northern News Service Online, March of the Pig:
Const. Todd Scaplen with the Yellowknife RCMP said his detachment received a call about a pig wandering by the Ingraham Trail on April 13.
“Someone called and said they saw it on the highway,” Scaplen s…
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