Category: Conservative

Liberal Caucus Retreat Looks to Prepare for Poilievre, Fall Sitting

Federal Liberal MPs will descend on a coastal resort town in New Brunswick on Sunday for a planning session before Parliament returns from its summer break. That return will be to a different House of Commons, and not only because it now has King Charles III as the head of state. The Liberals will also…


Voting Wraps up in Conservative Leadership Race Ahead of Saturday Convention

Voting has ended in the Conservative party’s leadership election — but its members still need to wait until Saturday to find out who their next leader is. Ballots had to be received by a deadline of 5 p.m. on Tuesday in order to be processed, validated and counted in time for this weekend’s announcement. The…


Fight for Fewer Words: Pierre Poilievre Promises New Law Against Government Jargon

Pierre Poilievre is waging one of his final battles in the Conservative leadership race. The self-styled free speech defender’s latest target: the jargon used by the federal bureaucracy. In a new video posted to social media, the apparent front-runner is promising to enact what he calls the “Plain Language Law,” which he says would bring…


Pierre Poilievre Promises New Law Against Government Jargon

Pierre Poilievre is waging one of his final battles in the Conservative leadership race. The self-styled free speech defender’s latest target: the jargon used by the federal bureaucracy. In a new video posted to social media, the apparent front-runner is promising to enact what he calls the “Plain Language Law,” which he says would bring…


Over Half of Conservative Members Have Voted for New Leader One Week Before Deadline

More than half of Conservative party members have returned their leadership ballots with one week left before the deadline on Sept. 6. The party says just over 350,000 ballots have been received from the 678,000 people who are eligible to vote in the contest. That means voter turnout is currently sitting at around 52 percent….


A ‘Safe Space’ From Cancel Culture in Corporate America and Governmental Overreach

Over the past decade, the rise of “cancel culture” and “woke” ideology has drifted out of the college campus and into mainstream society, becoming what some critics have described as a “cancer” in the American workplace and in the halls of government. Thousands of individuals, including some CEOs, have faced discrimination for their beliefs or…


Conservative Groups Slam ‘Blatant Politicization’ of DOJ Over FBI Raid of Mar-a-Lago

Multiple conservative organizations accused the Department of Justice and FBI of having “breached the public trust” by engaging in partisan politics against former President Donald Trump and his allies, according to an open letter issued on Friday. The Aug. 12 letter, obtained by The Daily Caller, asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to provide “an immediate and…


Why Is Everyone Talking About the Claremont Institute?

Commentary On Wednesday, Elisabeth Zerofsky of The New York Times Magazine published a lengthy essay titled, “How the Claremont Institute Became a Nerve Center of the American Right.” Zerofsky’s piece was well-researched, honest, and measured, but the same cannot necessarily be said for other recent fulminations against the California-based conservative think tank. Less than two…


Three out of Five Conservative Candidates to Appear Tonight for Final Party Debate

No audience, no podiums and appearances from only three out of the five candidates running to lead the federal Conservatives. These are the circumstances under which the party’s last official debate of the race will take place tonight in Ottawa, before a winner is announced Sept. 10. Those participating will be ex-Quebec premier Jean Charest,…


Leslyn Lewis Joins Pierre Poilievre in Skipping Third Conservative Leadership Debate

Leslyn Lewis has officially decided to skip out on the Conservative party’s next leadership debate. Her campaign says it informed the race’s organizing committee she will not attend the “all-candidate event” set for Aug. 3. The five candidates vying to replace former leader Erin O’Toole have been told by the party they are expected to…