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Privatization Roulette
Conservatism.ca on Fri 26 Mar 2010 at 9:20 PM
I was pretty excited to hear that we're going to privatize some government crown corporations. When was the last time we did that in Canada? How refreshing, compared to the American tendency these days
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Parliamentary Reform
Conservatism.ca on Mon 30 Nov 2009 at 10:27 AM
The controversy around whether Canadian Forces sent prisoners of war to countries that torture only serves to highlight the systemic problems facing our national institutions. I think it's time to put
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Why The Bloc Shouldn't Want an Election…
Conservatism.ca on Fri 04 Sep 2009 at 8:12 PM
The following Bloc MPs (41% of the caucus), in order by how many votes they won by last election, will all be eligible for their gold-plated MP pension on June 28, 2010, after providing her majesty wit
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Time To End The BC Liberal Dynasty
Conservatism.ca on Wed 02 Sep 2009 at 10:54 PM
Oooooh, we're so scared of the NDP and their nasty, unreformed socialist ways here in B.C. So, we hold our noses and vote, time and again, for the BC Liberals. I'm done. Between the HST and jacking up
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On Cronies…
Conservatism.ca on Sat 29 Aug 2009 at 12:29 AM
We all know that Stephen Harper only appoints hard-nosed, staunch Conservative cronies and bagmen like, uh, Gary Doer. Wha? Gary Doer, the former NDP Premier of Manitoba, as Canada's most important and
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Who's running the party now?
Conservatism.ca on Fri 28 Aug 2009 at 3:16 AM
Reflections on the Senate Appointments Harper has appointed Doug Finley and Don Plett to the Senate. Having met both men on a few occasions, I congratulate the Prime Minister on excellent choices. Bo
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Harmonized Sales Tax
Conservatism.ca on Mon 03 Aug 2009 at 9:52 PM
The quietest massive policy shift in British Columbia (and Ontario) is underway. The Harmonized Sales Tax seeks to make tax collecting more efficient by combining the policies for the Federal GST with
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Maxime Bernier Explains Protectionism
Conservatism.ca on Thu 30 Jul 2009 at 1:03 PM
This is a few weeks old, but Maxime Bernier has done a great job, yet again, explaining a basic Conservative principle (free trade vs. protectionism) in a simple and convincing way that everybody shoul
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Mr. Smith Goes to Ottawa
Conservatism.ca on Mon 20 Jul 2009 at 10:29 AM
Next week I'm off to Ottawa for campaign training. As acting campaign manager for a candidate (and a good friend of mine) who lost the last election by 68 votes, I'm going to be looking for an edge to
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Bravery
Conservatism.ca on Fri 17 Jul 2009 at 3:19 PM
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Andrew Coyne on Conservative Party
Conservatism.ca on Thu 16 Jul 2009 at 9:18 PM
This video was shot at the Manning Centre Conference some time ago, but was just posted to YouTube on Monday.  As usual, one of Canada's most prominent journalists, Andrew Coyne, tells it as he sees i
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Iranian Revolution 2.0
Conservatism.ca on Tue 16 Jun 2009 at 7:20 PM
If you are on Twitter, you may have noticed that there is something of a revolution going on in Iran, and Twitter is facilitating it. It is an amazing time in the world. Democracy is a natural desire,
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Thoughts on Proposition 8
Conservatism.ca on Fri 29 May 2009 at 11:38 AM
California courts have rejected overturning the results of proposition 8. Had they done so, gay marriage would have again become legal in California. We went through this whole debate in Canada not ver
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Maxime Bernier
Conservatism.ca on Sat 23 May 2009 at 1:19 PM
The ever brilliant Chantal Hébert has reminded us all that the most popular Quebec Conservative remains Maxime Bernier. So the guy made a bad relationship decision (OK, really bad). Im over it, hopefu
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BC Election Number Crunching and “Vote-Splitting”
Conservatism.ca on Wed 13 May 2009 at 12:09 PM
STV is dead for a century. So, we are back to the same old, same old. We all vote for Gordon Campbell because were scared to death of the NDP. And Gordon Campbell takes it all as a personal endorseme
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My shortest blog post ever.
Conservatism.ca on Wed 13 May 2009 at 10:15 AM
Time for Carole James to go!
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The most boring election in history!
Conservatism.ca on Sat 09 May 2009 at 4:20 AM
Politicians always tell you that this is the most important election, then follow it up with something serious sounding like in a generation or since the cold war or since James Polk declared 5440 or f
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The REAL problem with BC elections
Conservatism.ca on Fri 08 May 2009 at 2:14 PM
The REAL problem with BC elections is the sorry state of the NDP. The NDP is a party stuck in 1963. They are an unreformed socialist party. As a result, they scare the hell out of anyone who isnt a rad
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Ignatieff’s (De)Motivational Poster
Conservatism.ca on Tue 05 May 2009 at 12:27 PM
This arrived in my e-mail box this morning. I guess its making the rounds. It nicely sums things up, I suppose.
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Vote for Jane Sterk
Conservatism.ca on Wed 29 Apr 2009 at 8:00 AM
Although I am a fan of the BC Green Party policy on independent power producers, I am not a Green, nor will I be endorsing The Green Party this election. In fact, after a great deal of consideration, I
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Legalize Marijuana?
Conservatism.ca on Mon 20 Apr 2009 at 7:00 AM
The unknown origin of 4/20 aside, it has become a tradition for hippies across the planet to celebrate the smoking of this plant on April 20th. Since I hate the smell, Ill try to stay in. This said, I
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Support Competitive Electricity Market: Vote Green?!?
Conservatism.ca on Sun 19 Apr 2009 at 4:42 PM
According to their large collection of YouTube videos, the BC NDP doesnt have much to say about the economy. Even the one called Carole James on the Economy says something vague about putting working p
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