The last time the Cons held a leadership contest, just about everybody agreed that there were too many candidates, and it was real horror show..But this time the Cons have another problem, an incredible contracting leadership race.Where there are now so few candidates, some are worried it could end up looking
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Montreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Con Culture War
The polls suggest that Peter MacKay is the front runner in the Con leadership race. And he is the only candidate so far to have paid the entrance fee.Just one week after officially launching his leadership campaign, MacKay has submitted the full $300,000 fee required to officially enter the race to
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay Wants To Fight Justin Trudeau. For Real!!
Nine years ago Justin Trudeau offered Peter MacKay a chance to fight him in a charity boxing match.MacKay turned him down, so Patrick Brazeau took his place. Only to wish he hadn't.But despite that, MacKay now says he'd welcome a chance to fight Trudeau.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Yet Another Reason Peter MacKay Is Unfit To Be Prime Minister
There are many reasons I dislike Peter MacKay, starting with the way he sought to pleasure his master Stephen Harper, by trying to turn this country into a prison state.The way he attacked our precious Supreme Court for daring to stand up for our Canadian values was absolutely disgusting, as
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Peter MacKay may be One Candidate to Rule Them All — but can he save the party of Preston, Stockwell & Steve?
There are those who say we should be bracing ourselves for the return of President Steve. Say it ain’t so! Stephen Harper (Photo: Remy Steinegger, Creative Commons). We can expect know today if Stephen Harper is going to re-emerge to make a re-run to re-lead the Conservative Party of Canada
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Monstrous Mediocrity of the Cons
As I watched Peter MacKay officially launch his leadership campaign this morning, I felt like I was travelling back in time.Back to the days when MacKay was Stephen Harper's most faithful stooge, even though he had stolen his party from him.So the idea that Dumbo could now ride to the
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: “Enter Laughing.”
So, you want to be an actor? And Canada is the theatre. Nova Scotian Peter MacKay, once more wants to be conservative leader. It reminds us of the semi-autobiographical novel by American humourist Carl Reiner. He turned the book into a successful movie in 1967 and launched his career in
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Peter MacKay: he’s in
Does this mean Jean Charest is in or out? Does this mean Team Mulroney is going elsewhere? Does this mean Stephen Harper will not support anyone in the race, because none of them are him? Who knows. But he’s in, he says. Here’s a quickie take on MacKay, pro and
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how the criticisms which were used to push Andrew Scheer out of the Cons’ leadership role in fact reflect the fundamental problems with a party built around selfishness as the sole ideal to be pursued. For further reading…– David Akin reported on Scheer’s prolific spending when he was
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer’s Most Horrible Halloween
I wonder if Andrew Scheer will be dressing up for Halloween tonight, as he has done before.Although the way he looks these days is probably scary enough.AAAAARGH.But what I think it's fairly safe to say, is that he won't be running the same Halloween greeting he ran last year.Read more
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Peter MacKay. Let the Feeding Frenzy Begin.
Having sold out the Progressive Conservatives to Stephen Harper, Peter MacKay is looking to climb over Andrew Scheer’s moribund corpse to capture the Tory throne. And he has the gall to say that Andrew Scheer “stinks.” One-time and possible future leadership contender Peter MacKay says the “stinking albatross” of Andrew
Continue readingThe Daveberta Podcast: Episode 42: What do the federal election results mean for Alberta?
As the federal election results rolled in, Dave and Adam recorded a special episode of the Daveberta Podcast to talk about the election results in Edmonton and Calgary, what a new Liberal minority government led by Justin Trudeau could mean for Alberta, and how Premier Jason Kenney and the United
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Calling Peter MacKay! Could you remind us what we were fighting for in Afghanistan again?
Peter MacKay, former Harper Government defence minister and one of the dimmer candles to cast his flickering light Canadian affairs, turns out to have been a prophet after all! Who would have guessed? Back in 2008, when Canada’s role in the long war in Afghanistan had grown considerably in its
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Andrew Scheer and the Fake Scandal That Wasn’t
As we all know, Andrew Scheer likes to sniff for fake scandals like a hog sniffs for truffles.And for a very simple reason, he has nothing else, no policies, no nothing.But while he was able to keep the SNC-Lavalin fake scandal going for twelve weeks, with the help of his shabby
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Hey, Andrew Scheer! Do you know whose truck that is you’re riding in?
What are we to make, fellow Canadians, of federal Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer’s now justly famous Louis Riel Day Tweet? Bear with me while we ponder this. There is a troubling point. It will take us only a moment to get there. Mr. Scheer, who leads the Canadian political party
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Prab Gill saga seems to have legs, so UCP Leader Jason Kenney attacks environmentalist Tzeporah Berman …
Astonishingly, the Prab Gill saga appears to have legs. Yesterday, the Star Metro arm of the Toronto Star’s effort to create a national footprint, informed Alberta readers there’s no way the United Conservative Party will be revealing the contents of its insider investigation of ballot stuffing and snatching by Mr.
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Never mind apologies, it’s time for Canada’s Tories just to admit Jack Layton was right about talking to the Taliban
PHOTOS: Jack Layton in Edmonton in 2011. Below: Forgettable Harper Government foreign minister Lawrence Cannon (Photo: Abigail Veronneau, Wikimedia Commons) and Peter MacKay, who took some of the cheap shots at Mr. Layton in 2006 (Photo: Department of National Defence, via the Wikimedia Commons). Never mind the apologies. That ship
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Friday, Sept. 23, will be Resignation Day for Jason Kenney, PC leadership candidate tells St. Albert campaign stop
PHOTO: Alberta Progressive Conservative Party leadership candidate Jason Kenney shares a laugh with a supporter last night. Below: He brings his message to the party rank and file in St. Albert. Friday, Sept. 23, will be Resignation Day for Jason Kenney, the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidate told a crowd of about 50, most of […]
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Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Cons and the Fatal Legacy of Stephen Harper
Yesterday I warned that the Cons, with the help of the Con media, were trying to whitewash Stephen Harper's monstrous legacy.As Michelle Rempel has been trying to do…Against all odds.And sure enough here comes another Con fluffer…Read more »
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