Category: Conservative

Why You Should Come Out of the Closet With Your Conservative Values

Commentary I received a phone call on my radio show from a man who said, “Dennis, I’m a gay conservative actor in Hollywood, and it is far easier to come out of the closet as gay than as a conservative.” That call was in the 1980s. While the current cancel culture—the firing, humiliation, disparagement, and…


Conservatives Push for All Party Committee to Examine Canada’s Afghanistan Response

OTTAWA—Conservatives will push for a vote on a new all-party House of Commons committee to look back at Canada’s plan for the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the response to the humanitarian crisis that followed. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says the committee will help Canadians understand why Canada failed to act when the…


Why the Right Needs a More ‘Muscular’ and ‘Masculine’ Conservatism

Commentary At last month’s National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida, I used my speech to criticize “Fusionism,” the postwar conservative movement’s default political alliance built upon an attendant “Fusionist” political philosophy, and instead argue on behalf of an alternative path forward. Fusionism, as formulated and popularized by the midcentury theorist Frank Meyer, “fused” together economic…


Senator Who Challenged O’Toole’s Leadership Excluded From Senate Committees

OTTAWA—Conservative Sen. Denise Batters has been excluded from all Senate committees after challenging Erin O’Toole’s leadership. O’Toole booted the Saskatchewan senator out of the Conservative national caucus last month after she launched a petition aimed at forcing a referendum on his leadership within six months−rather than wait for a scheduled confidence vote at the party’s…


Tory MPs Call on Liberal Government to Ban Huawei

Conservative MPs issued a joint statement calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government to ban China’s Huawei from Canada’s next-generation 5G internet and telephone infrastructure due to national security concerns. Ed Fast, Tory’s critic for innovation, science and industry, Raquel Dancho, critic for public safety, and Pierre Paul-Hus, critic for public services and…


Tory MPs Call on Liberal Government to Ban Huawei From 5G Network

Conservative MPs issued a joint statement calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government to ban China’s Huawei from Canada’s next-generation 5G internet and telephone infrastructure due to national security concerns. Ed Fast, Tory’s critic for innovation, science and industry, Raquel Dancho, critic for public safety, and Pierre Paul-Hus, critic for public services and…


Conservatives Need a New Formula for Leadership to Maintain Party Unity, Win Elections

Commentary The worst trait among Conservative parties in Canada has to be their propensity to eat their own. If Conservative parties weren’t dedicating so much time to quelling strife within their own ranks, they could probably win more elections. Progressive leaders provincially and federally must smile when stories break about Conservative parties openly fighting among…


14 MPs With Second Homes Accused of Exploiting Expense ‘Loophole’

More fuel was thrown into corruptions allegations in the UK as it was revealed 14 British MPs have been letting out their London homes while renting with taxpayer’s money. A senior Conservative MP said the arrangement is “plain wrong” while some MPs accused of exploiting a loophole to pocket money criticised the “stupid” rule, saying it…


BC Liberals Leadership Hopeful Goes to Bat for Fellow Candidate Targeted for His Opinions

Ellis Ross, a candidate in the BC Liberal Party leadership race, is coming to the defence of a fellow candidate who is being targeted for his conservative opinions, saying the party should maintain its “big tent” and not shun the candidate. That candidate, political outsider Aaron Gunn, declared his intention to run for leadership of the…


Identity Politics

In this episode of “Counterculture” with Danielle D’Souza Gill, we explore the problems with the Left’s paradigm of identity politics. Are we are more than simply our race or gender, or are we are defined by our values and actions? D’Souza Gill compares America to the rest of the world, showing the differences between how…