Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
A strong national Conservative majority government…. C’est ca. Now, consider the remarks made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper once the reality of these election results sunk in for him and his Conservative team. In post-election interviews, the PM has given us a glimpse of how he views his responsibility through the next four – five years:…
And they are in the home stretch: NDP surges and Liberals suffer a stutter step – is it really neck and neck to place? and where is the Bloc – and will the Green cross the wire this time? The Conservative have not broken their purposeful stride throughout the race; yet have they pulled far…
Entering into the backstretch, it’s no longer about winning the Run for Sussex Drive. For the Prime Minister, it’s about winning decisively – lengths ahead of the other ponies. In a candid response to reporters this week, PM Harper repeated his claim that being first past the post will not be enough. The Conservatives needed a majority…
There are millions of good reasons (millions of taxpayers dollars!!) to eliminate the annual per-vote taxpayers’ subsidy of federal political Parties. Kudos must go to the Conservatives for promising to scrap this expensive life-line to political also-rans and Ottawa’s backrooms. This political Party subsidy must go because: 1) Political parties already enjoy enormous tax advantages…
Last year, Canadians paid Gilles Duceppe and the Bloc Quebecois Party $2.7 million to prepare for this federal election campaign. In 2010, Canadian taxpayers doled out $27 million to fill the coffers of the federal Parties. Here’s how the per-vote subsidy was divided amongst political Parties: Conservatives – $10.4 million Liberals – $7.2 million NDP…
When they burst from the gates, here’s what the field looked like (Nanos March 29th poll): Con 38.4% Lib 28.7% Ndp 19.6% Bq 9.1% Grn 4.1% Today, here’s the call (from the Nanos poll): Con 38.7% Lib 28.8% Ndp 18.6% Bq 9.0% Grn 4.1% Three weeks of campaigning and no change. This…
As we pass the mid-way mark of the first week of the 2011 federal election campaign, the horse race has heated up. So early on and the ponies are frothing and the stakes have seemed to already doubled. From the earliest polls, the Conservatives have bolted from the gates ahead of the pack. Here are…
A recent issue of The Economist marked Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s five-year anniversary in power by asking some very provoking questions for Canadian conservatives as well as the general public. In the article entitled, “The circumspect and circumscribed Conservative,” the question is put: “Stephen Harper has proved remarkably durable by curbing his instincts. Can he…
Just imagine in Canada, we are taxed to pay for the activities of our national political parties. Canadian taxpayers are on the hook for all politicos – paying for both MPs who represent our point of view and those who don’t – and even for Bloc MPs who are only interested in getting a…
Columnist Christina Blizzard calls a Big Government as she sees it. Here’s what she writes about Ontario’s McGuinty Government: The bald figures are these: 1.Your electricity bill will climb 46% over the next five years. 2.The government will give you a 10% rebate on the total bill — including the…
Canadians’ apathy towards politics is reaching new lows. Today we have an ingrained sense of cynicism for anything political and, particularly among our country’s youth, a growing disenchantment and disengagement with our political process. This unhealthy condition is reflected during elections when we are able to best gauge the citizenry’s interest by the percentage…