News
Karl Nerenberg
| Canadians have little appetite for political sniping in the current health crisis -- even Conservatives are now playing nice. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| It's not too late for Conservatives in Ottawa and Edmonton to do the right thing and not attempt to sabotage Sunday's agreement. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| If Andrew Scheer is unprepared to deal with the separatist contagion in his caucus, the Conservative Party of Canada will be dismissed as nothing more than a Prairie province bloc. |
News
Karl Nerenberg
| For some federal politicians, the crisis engendered by the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs' refusal to allow a natural gas pipeline through their territory is also an opportunity. |
Blog
Pam Palmater
| Scheer's ill-informed comments serve only to cause confusion and apprehension in the public, instead of offering thoughtful solutions that would bring everyone together. |
Blog
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. |
Blog
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. |
News
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. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| No one visits Canada's capital just before Christmas expecting to get any business done with the government. |
Columnists
Duncan Cameron
| 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. |
Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| If Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is serious about helping Alberta's fossil fuel industry, he'll need to adopt the NDP's social license strategy. |
Blog
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. |