According to Bill Morneau, “as Minister of Finance, my only job is to make sure that Canadians can keep food in the fridge.” That’s actually a rare useful thought for…
U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s incompetent and ideologically driven response to the international coronavirus crisis poses a serious national security threat to Canada. Can we do anything about it? Say,…
Abbas Rana’s revelation that the Cons have decided to protect all of their incumbent MPs from any internal accountability seems to have received relatively little attention. But it’s particularly worth…
It will be interesting to see how the Conservative Opposition in Ottawa and Alberta’s Conservative government react to yesterday’s announcement the federal and British Columbia governments have reached an accord…
Can the politicians tell the police to take down the barricades? If not, why not? Those are the two questions that have been mooted for more than two weeks now.…
So what really happened to the Teck Frontier oilsands mine? Hint: It wasn’t anything Justin Trudeau did or didn’t do. That’s pure United Conservative Party gas lighting, a game a…
As you may know, I have always been deeply concerned about Andrew Scheer's mental stability. His creepy smile, his religious extremism, his feverish obsession with Justin Trudeau, and his compulsive…
Who said, “At time of global economic instability, Canada’s government must stand unequivocally for keeping the country together”? I won’t tease you. It was Stephen Harper, on Dec. 3, 2008.…
Cue the violins! No one does victimhood like an Alberta Conservative contemplating the prospect of another term in Opposition overlooking the Ottawa River. Michelle Rempel Garner, the Blocker Queen of…
We do face a serious national crisis in Canada. It is not caused by a few rail and road blockades by First Nations activists and their allies, however. Nor is…
Peter MacKay has hit a rough patch. Weird social media. Policy incoherence. Crummy French. Interviews going awry. Sure, he’s coughed up the big entrance fee, and proffered the requisite number…
It's a political story that ends in a graveyard, and I've been telling it for a long time. The story of the Harper Party, and how the Cons became more…
He looks like the same old Andrew Scheer, the Con in the same blue suit, with the same creepy smile.But don't be fooled. He may have only five months to…
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…
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…
The Conservative Party – back when it knew how to win, and when it was preoccupied with winning more than whining – was pretty good at symbols. Symbol-wise, ten years…
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…
Good Lord, can Alberta survive another spring of renewal like the last one? Another springtime of renewal — that’s what Government House Leader Jason Nixon and the United Conservative Party’s…
