Andrew Coyne writes that there is a distinct difference between conservatives and Conservatives. That difference was on display at this weekend’s Manning Conference: The Conservative party is supposed to be conservative. If the Manning conference has gotten more overtly partisan over the years, it may be because the party has
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Northern Reflections: Manning’s True Colours
After attending the 1993 Reform Party Convention, the late Dalton Camp wrote: “The speechifying gives off acrid whiffs of xenophobia, homophobia, and paranoia—like an exhaust—in which it seems clear both orator and audience have been seized by some private terror: immigrants, lesbians, people out of work or from out of
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: There Are None So Blind
The Manning Centre came to Ottawa this weekend to celebrate Conservatism Triumphant. And it demonstrated, yet again, the party’s fatal flaw — its garrison mentality. Richard Ciano, head of Campaign Research, told his audience that the barbarians were at the gate: Any deliberate attempt to frustrate a voter’s desire to
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