Aug 23, 2019
Ford sells out his base with reversal on sex ed
This week, Ontario's education minister announced that the province's sex-ed program was going back to the future. The new curriculum would be almost identical to the 2015 curriculum.
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Aug 9, 2019
Stephen Harper's still in the game -- and looking to score
It's easy to imagine that former prime minister Stephen Harper is still writing the conservative playbook. The clues are everywhere, as Harper makes stops on his tour of the rubber-chicken circuit.
Jul 26, 2019
Ford keeps popping up, to Conservatives' chagrin
You have to wonder if federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer wishes he could push Ontario's Doug Ford down and out of media range between now and the federal election in October.
Jul 12, 2019
Ford, Scheer and Kenney deliver flapjacks and havoc at Calgary Stampede
How fitting that a wrecking crew of conservatives met at the Calgary Stampede where they sported cowboy hats and jeans, flipped pancakes for the cameras and fumed about the federal carbon tax.
Jun 28, 2019
Despite government reset, Ford's main problem remains
That timeworn joke about shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic certainly applied this month when Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked his A-team ministers below deck and into lesser cabinet positions.
Jun 14, 2019
Who's pulling the strings in the Conservative Party?
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer may be on show. But he's not the man -- or men -- orchestrating the moves of the Conservatives.
May 31, 2019
Doug Ford's sinking numbers are weighing down the federal Conservatives
Andrew Scheer is caught in a whirlpool between Trudeau, Ford and now even Bernier -- which has him spinning in all directions.
May 17, 2019
The war on women is still on
Women don't have equal pay. Lawmakers are trying to strip us of the right to control our bodies. And, when we do make babies, we have little access to safe and affordable child care.
May 3, 2019
Doug Ford's war on journalists intensifies as relations with media continue to sour
If there is anything "Trumpian" about Ford, it is his relations with actual news reporters who work for legitimate news organizations, organizations his government has called "fake news."
Apr 19, 2019
Fighting the normalization of right-wing ideology, from Ford to Kenney
In the wake of Jason Kenney's victory in Alberta, Doug Ford celebrated the "Blue Wave" washing over Canada, making it clear that the right will stick together to work from the same damaging playbook.
