Jan 14, 2020
Conservatives make their leadership contest pay-to-play
The emphasis on fundraising will hinder caucus candidates anxious mainly to raise their profiles nationally, or draw attention to pet issues.
Conservative Party of Canada
Dec 17, 2019
Do federal party leaders need to be bilingual?
Karl Nerenberg
It is hard to imagine a viable leader of any major party who could not campaign vigorously and convincingly in both official languages.
Dec 15, 2019
Maxime Bernier also done like dinner after Andrew Scheer's resignation
David J. Climenhaga
Had he not left the Conservative party in 2018, Bernier would be a prime candidate for the party leadership after Scheer's departure.
Dec 12, 2019
Scheer's departure means social conservatism is on the defensive
Karl Nerenberg
The Conservative party leader's resignation signals that in Canada, opposition to same-sex and reproductive rights is now an out-there, fringe position, well beyond the mainstream.
Dec 12, 2019
Now that Andrew Scheer is done like dinner, what will Jason Kenney do?
David J. Climenhaga
Jason Kenney will run for Andrew Scheer's job. You'll know this is true if all of a sudden you don't hear much more about Alberta's non-negotiable demands from Confederation.
Dec 10, 2019
Kenney's holiday flight to Ottawa with his entourage isn't about a 'fair deal'
David J. Climenhaga
No one visits Canada's capital just before Christmas expecting to get any business done with the government.
Nov 12, 2019
UCP's dream of grabbing the CPP won't be as easy as they claim
David J. Climenhaga
How much of the UCP's radical project to transform Alberta into a dystopic firewalled statelet was predicated on a Conservative victory in last month's federal election?
Oct 29, 2019
Canada's Conservatives: Republicans or Tories?
In election 2019, the Conservatives ran a campaign mimicking U.S. Republicans: presenting themselves to voters as a low-tax, anti-government party, comfortable with a social conservative agenda.
Oct 22, 2019
Andrew Scheer snatches defeat from the jaws of victory
David J. Climenhaga
If Jason Kenney is heading back to Ottawa -- as long rumoured in the event Andrew Scheer should lose, which he now has -- the Liberals should take him seriously.
Oct 8, 2019
The Andrew Scheer factor in election 2019
Despite the efforts of many Conservative voices inside and outside media to cover for him, Andrew Scheer is still having trouble talking to Canadians about why he should be the next prime minister.
Pages
