The North American right wing has been overtaken by a vile hateful Donald Trump inspired populist MAGA movement that has spawned the Freedumb Convoy types and infected the Canadian Conservative Party and what was once a principled conservative tradition in Canada, although you have to go back awhile to the
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52 Ideas: Conservatives should search for a better analytical lens
As an Ideology, Conservatism tends to use already developed ideas. Conservatives tend to go back into the past and look for the best ideas to lead us in this time. These might be ideas that have been forgotten, ideas which didn’t work in an earlier time or ideas that were
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: 2022 Conservative Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
This article is a collection of responses from candidates for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada regarding the monarchy. It will continue to be updated as more replies roll in. I have again included a scoreboard for the candidates as well as a section for notable quotes. Questions & Replies The questions that were
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Jean Charest
Just yesterday I received a reply from Jean Charest to my survey of the tory leadership candidates regarding their views on the monarchy. Before getting into the survey answers I will briefly go over any statements Jean Charest has made in Parliament or in the media. In this case very briefly as I could not find much. The
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Scott Aitchison
Another Conservative Party leadership candidate has replied to my survey. This time it is Scott Aitchison who is the MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka. As a refresher theseare the questions that were sent out: 1. What are your views on the monarchy?2. As prime minister would you make useof the Advisory Committee on Vice-RegalAppointments
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Leona Alleslev
Once again there is a federal Conservative leadership race underway. As has become my practice I have sent surveys out to all ofthe leadership candidates to get their viewson Canada’s monarchy. The first candidate to get back to me is Leona Alleslev. Mrs. Alleslev is the former MP for Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, a position she held from 2015-2021. This is her
Continue readingNorthern Currents –: The Conservative Party has become the political arm of the trucker’s convoy
The Conservative party has made a turn to the hard right. No doubt they want to swallow up lost voters further to the right that have turned to the PPC. What this means in practice is an outright rejection of any public health measures that actually prevent Covid infections and
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Another Way of Looking at Political Parties in Canada
With Pierre Poilievre as the Tory leadership front runner I anticipate the Conservative and People’s parties fighting for the right wing fringe vote and collectively becoming the Party of the Deplorables. Wishful thinking sees the New Democratic Party returning to it’s ideological roots as a party of principles fighting for
Continue readingNorthern Currents –: A left-wing case against Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act
The central issue with invoking the Emergency Act is twofold: First, it is a step too far in consolidating state power against dissenting citizens. Second, police already had the tools they needed to deal with the occupation in Ottawa but chose not to. If the police had exhausted all their
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Such A Quandary
With such a fluid situation in Ottawa, what are opportunistic demagogues to do? H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
Continue readingNorthern Currents –: Pierre Poilievre is no friend of the working class, despite his pro-worker ranting
Poilievre’s announcement to run as Prime Minister touches on working-class issues, with a mood of plausible, genuine sincerity. He even mentions the working class by name. Of course, Poilievre doesn’t care about the working class at all. His solution to alleviating poverty in Canada is to put the social welfare
Continue readingNorthern Currents : Should Leftists and Progressives trust Pfizer and Big Pharma?
The Left has always had a strong tradition of emphasizing the importance of science and empirical understanding of the world. Remember that foundational socialists such as Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels considered their approach to economics as “scientific socialism.” Marx himself admired the scientific advances made possible by
Continue readingNorthern Currents : Will elections ever save us? No, but a strong Labour movement will.
Giving Labour more power within the capitalist system should be seen as a win for the Left, especially after decades of neo-liberal decay. If we are to progress as a society, building worker’s power within a strong intersectional, labour, and Indigenous coalition would be a great starting point. Change only
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Peter Mackay & Derek Sloan
This should be the final post of this series looking the Conservative leadership race. I never did get a response from Peter Mackay or Derek Sloan. However, the Monarchist League of Canada put together their own overview of the tory candidates. As such I was able to expand Dr. Lewis’ entry
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Leslyn Lewis
Dr. Leslyn Lewis (Photo Credit: John Balca) The third survey reply I have today is from Dr. Leslyn Lewis. Truthfully, I received Dr. Lewis’ reply some time ago but it was so short I made an extra effort to try and get a longer reply. As this has not happened yet I will assume
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: 2020 Conservative Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
Andrew Scheer This article is a collection of every candidate response received thus far to my questions regarding the monarchy. It will continue to be updated as more replies roll in. I have again included a scoreboard for the candidates as well as a section for notable quotes. This leadership race is to replace out- going tory
Continue readingPop The Stack: On the Burning of Bridges
So we just got another call from the Peter Mackay campaign to ask for our support. I don’t think he gets it. We just laughed and laughed. Sigh…. Many people who used to vote Progressive Conservative, including some in our household, will NEVER support Mr. Mackay. He betrayed that movement
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Evidence that a Trumpism strain is alive and well within the Conservative Party.
Witness this humdinger of an interview by Sarnia-Lampton MP and current Conservative Party leadership contender Marilyn Gladu. Apparently we should be following the lead of President Trump: Sarnia-Lambton’s MP wants Canada to implement COVID-19 cures she says have been proven in the United States… “In the United States they’ve been
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Marilyn Gladu
Today I’m sharing the survey response received from Marilyn Gladu via Facebook. She is the MP for Sarnia— Lambton and was first elected in 2015. Mrs. Gladu’s response was the last received before the reminder emails went out. So far the response rate has been better than expected. I will be posting an index of them soon. Now, on
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Erin O’Toole
I had a chance to meet with leadership candidate Erin O’Toole this morning during his campaign stop in Moncton. This is Erin’s second attempt to become the leader of the Conservative Party. I have contacted Erin before but due to how the last survey was conducted it ended up causing us both a headache. As such I really wanted
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