“Borrowed in part from the legacy of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Canadian neo-conservatism owes much of it’s character to the right-wing populist tradition of the West. “Indeed, Canadians became…
I had been conducting some research into the last federal election campaign, which was probably the most bizarre on record. Many of the strange occurrences, especially the phone calls, could…
If only that were true. In December of 2010, a staffer in Kelly Block’s office, leaked details of a confidential pre-budget House Finance Committee report, to several key lobbyists. When…
The Canadian Manifesto: How the American Neoconservatives Stole My Country I was sent an article posted on Aljazeera recently: The deep roots of conservative radicalism, by Corey Robin. Robin is…
Part of the Ontario Liberal campaign Forward Together was a promised cut to tuition fees for post-secondary education. I’m sure many students thought they’d heard that before, but last week,…
David Horsey wrote recently that Mitt Romney was the only adult in the GOP Kindergarten Race. He’s probably right. However, will it matter? Since the Republican Party was taken over…
Within weeks of being elected in 2006, Stephen Harper limited access to his government, by both the media and the public. He closed down a searchable database that provided easier…
On a tip from one of my readers, who drew attention to the enormous clout being given to the Monarchist League of Canada, a right-wing fringe group associated with the…
Yesterday, when the Conservatives limited debate on the budget, NDP Pat Martin tweeted his frustration with a colorful expletive. He remains unapologetic, as he should. Why the media is giving…
If you had to choose one word to describe how Stephen Harper runs his government, it would be a toss up between control and fear, though both go hand in…
The actions of those in the Civil Rights Movement were not always supported by the majority of Americans, especially the violence. But the messages presented at the sit-ins and marches…
Despite the allegations of sexual misconduct, Herman Cain continues to poll high with Republicans.And yet they wasted millions of tax dollars in an attempt to impeach President Bill Clinton, because…
In 2000, John Aimers, the Dominion Chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada, spoke at a Senate Committee meeting, on Bill C-16, an Act respecting Canadian Citizenship, that in part…
The Canadian Manifesto: How the American Neoconservatives Stole My CountryI read an interesting paper by Mytheos Holt, a neoconservative intellectual, I suppose you'd call him; that discusses the fusion of…
I wrote recently of a Liberal Party initiative to limit the role of the monarchy in Canada. It is undemocratic and almost tyrannical, given the strict rules to the rights…
In the recent Saskatchewan provincial election, the NDP took a thrashing. From the Huffington Post:The Saskatchewan NDP suffered one of the most crushing blows in the party's history Monday night.…
At the upcoming Liberal convention in January, one resolution being brought forward is 114: Canadian Identity in the 21st Century.The resolution sets out to define Canadian sovereignty, independent of the…
Headlines today reflect comments made by President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in a private conversation at the G-20.Sarkozy called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a liar", while Obama…
The Canadian Manifesto: How the American Neoconservatives Stole My CountryIn 1960, the city council of Newburgh, New York, looking to clean up the slums created by migrant workers, who made…
Now that Stephen Harper has his majority, he has been pushing through the Reform Party agenda at lightening speed.If you want to know what that agenda looks like, read anything…
