Almost a year ago I deemed a Globe and Mail proposal (made in an editorial) to be nonsense. Now the Good Grey Globe is back at it, in another editorial, from about three weeks ago, in which they actually explain what the problem is ~ "The unsettling rise in gang violence and shootings in (mostly) … Continue reading Still on the wrong track
Category: Toronto
Its time to put liberalism back in the Liberal Party of Canada
I self-identify as a classical liberal: please take a quick look at my site's (longish) title just above. Liberals like me look back past the Glorious Revolution of 1688, past Simon de Montfort's Great Parliament in 1265, even past Aristotle and Plato, the origins of liberalism might go all the way back to the original … Continue reading Its time to put liberalism back in the Liberal Party of Canada
A monumentally stupid and dangerous idea
A Reuters report, by Steve Scherer, published in the Globe and Mail, suggests that the Trudeau-Freeland Liberals, probably advised by Calgary Mayor ⇐ Naheed Nenshi and Edmonton Mayor ⇒ Don Ivison, are preparing an economic "aid" package for Alberta to be unveiled when (perhaps only if?) they refuse to allow the Teck Resources' Frontier mine … Continue reading A monumentally stupid and dangerous idea
Conservative leadership, again
There is a very useful survey, by John Ibbitson in the Globe and Mail, about three potential CPC leaders ... ... Jean Charest, Erin O'Toole and Pierre Poilievre. Mr Ibbitson, a keen and respected political observer says that: "Mr. O’Toole placed a respectable third in the 2017 leadership race. He has had a life outside … Continue reading Conservative leadership, again
Worthless political posturing
As Robyn Urback points out, in an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail, the Trudeau-Freeland Liberals are engaged in an act of worthless ~ and basically anti-American ~ political posturing as they move forward with a ban on "military-style" assault rifles, with special emphasis on the AR-15 which, Ms Urback says, while known as … Continue reading Worthless political posturing
Blue-collar conservatism
Aereo is a British left-leaning e-zine (or maybe just a glorified blog) that has been around for just a few years. In a recent (December 2019) article written by its editor, Helen Puckrose and James A Lindsay (both of whom enjoyed a brief moment of fame a year or so ago for writing "20 fake … Continue reading Blue-collar conservatism
Making Conservatism work
Andrew Coyne, writing in the Globe and Mail a few days ago, after covering ground that I have covered, over and over again, said that: "The first and most important step, then, is for Conservatives to develop some elemental self-confidence; to accept that they are in the persuasion game, and that the answer to electoral … Continue reading Making Conservatism work
