Flaubert’s Conservative Dictionary
Watching Doug Ford become the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives and Jason Kenney taking shots at Justin Trudeau and gender neutrality in his congratulatory speech, Ms Soapbox’s mind drifted…
Doug Ford
Doug Ford Wins Ontario PC Leadership With Chants of MOGA
Trumpism has come to Ontario. The highly unpopular movement in the US fueled by social conservatives has reared its head in Ontario politics last night when controversial PC leadership candidate…
Doug Ford and the Con Clown Horror Show
I know I predicted that the Ontario PC leadership race would be a Con clown show, and it was.Their convention was a total disaster. It dragged on for hours with…
Donald Trump Lite and the Ontario PCs.
After spending Saturday afternoon watching Rosemary Barton and CBC News struggling with the Ontario Conservative fiasco, I was not sure whether the party or the news media did the worst…
The Ontario PCs in Wonderland.
Vic Fedeli is hardly the Alice in Wonderland who foolishly headed down the rabbit hole. Yet it was Interim conservative leader Fedeli who first let on that Patrick Brown might…
Kevin J. Johnston’s hate tour – let’s cancel it
Late yesterday, I was sent this: The piece of human garbage pictured, on the right, is Kevin J. Johnson. (That’s a swastika on his poster, to the left.) Lately, he’s…
What to do when a hatemonger says he supports you
Simple. You reject his support. And then you denounce him the clearest terms. To put a fine point on it: Kevin J. Johnston is a notorious Muslim-hating bigot who has…
Which Tory Witch is dead?
The other evening, the wife and I gathered in the den to enjoy a streaming video of the Ontario Tory leadership debate from Ottawa. It was only when the hijinks…
Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives – Let’s Get Ready To RUMBLE!!!
Okay Ontario Conservative party members and watchers, the moment you’ve been waiting for is almost here. Who will come out on top in this winner take all cage match and…
Brown Out In Ontario PC Leadership Race And Recap Thus Far
Patrick Brown decided today that he was ending his candidacy for the Ontario PC Leadership race due to death threats and harassment his family received, and also due to his…
Conservatives need to rally around something simple – Tax cuts
Its Sunday, and I am in a really good mood. I’m not able to make it to Church every week due to my work schedule, but today was not one…
In search of a Red Tory in Ontario.
There are two former Conservative Members of Parliament whom I could vouch for as Red Tories. They are both very fine and principled gentlemen. They are Patrick Boyer and David…
Don’t count the Liberals out in Ontario.
It has been a bit disquieting lately to see the progressive bloggers’ web site infiltrated by conservatives. In checking to see what people are saying these days, I came across…
Am I still standing with Patrick Brown? Read and find out…
I just got off the phone with my brother, a long time member of Ontario’s PC party. He wanted to know if, in light of recent revelations, I still supported…
Ontario PCs: The Morning Line.
It’s a muddy, cold day at the track but thankfully this race is not too long. The candidates for the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party will be At…
Caroline Mulroney: Off To A Grand Start!
Caroline Mulroney defined energy poverty at #MNC2018 as only an elitist can. “People are living in energy poverty, people have to choose between buying hockey equipment or going out to…
Patrick Brown, Doug Ford, and the Collapse of the Con Castle
It's hard to believe that just over two weeks ago Patrick Brown was the king of his Con castle.And getting ready to bury Kathleen Wynne's Ontario Liberals in the next…
On The Side Of The Nabobs
Tom Walkom writes that Doug Ford just might become the leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party. Ford is no progressive. But he is angry. And, in conservative circles these days,…
And now there are three.
Even in this shortest of all leadership races, it is too early to produce a morning line on the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party contest. How are you expected to consider…