For those of you who weren’t glued to the online webstream this weekend, Jeff Jedras provides an excellent recap of the weekend at Canada 150. The media reaction to the conference has been (predictably) mixed. All I’ll say is that if people are going to knock the Liberals for not knowing what they stand for, […]

The big news out of Ignatieff’s closing speech from the Canada150 conference is his pledge to overturn scheduled cuts to the corporate tax rate. I’m trying to find the exact figures, but I believe that would boost government revenue by 10-15 billion a year 5-6 billion a year (not taking into account any lost productivity). […]

A guest post by Kyle Olsen from Can150 Montreal – If anyone else in Montreal wants to share their thoughts on the conference, flip me an e-mail (calgarygrit@gmail.com) and I’ll post them here Not enough retirement savings, out of control healthcare costs, a lack of skilled workers, the uneducated unemployed, the future of Canadian content […]

With little movement in Canadian polls, let’s gaze to the south, where a new poll shows us just what Republicans think of Obama: -67% agree he’s a socialist-57% agree he’s a secret Muslim (And he can’t be doing a very good job of keeping it secret if half of all Republicans are on to him)-42% […]

From Jane Taber: How not to run an effective opposition. “It’s raining frogs across the aisle,” Industry Minister Tony Clement said. It was a gong show last night in the Commons for Michael Ignatieff and his Liberals; one Liberal MP is even calling it “clown city.” First, the Liberal motion on the Harper government’s maternal […]

That’s all I’ve got to say about that.

Well worth reading: Paul Wells on just how conservative the Conservatives are. And Andrew Coyne on how they’re not. I think this exchange really illustrates Harper’s strategy. In short, own the centre and govern like Liberals, but toss a few symbolic conservative/reform gestures to the base to keep them and their chequebooks happy.

The predictable media reaction to this weekend’s thinkers conference has begun, with Greg Weston attacking the Liberals for: a) Not “articulating an alternative other than the fact they are not Stephen Harper and the Conservatives”. b) Holding a policy conference to find this alternative. *CG smacks head on table* Expect more of that over the […]

Obama’s Health Care package passes 219-212. You know, despite all the talk we get about guns, foreign policy, and abortion, Health Care remains one of the largest value divides between Canada and the United States. Because the “leftist” and “socialist” Health Care bill the US passed doesn’t even come remotely close to the “two tier” […]

Mike Duffy says some students ‘brainwashed’ Senator Mike Duffy isn’t backing down on his criticisms of the University of King’s College and other Canadian journalism programs, saying he “dared to show a little spotlight on some of the bias in the media.” Last weekend, Duffy delivered a speech to local Conservatives in Amherst criticizing journalism […]