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The germ seed of this column graciously published by CTV was a recent assertion that neither Jason Kenney nor Doug Ford could win the leadership of today’s CPC.
I thought that was true as a statement of fact. I made we wonder: would Stephen Harper win the leadership of the party he built?
I conclude that he would not and that should worry every Conservative more than it seems to.
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So why are you even here?
If you really believe that “Canada is a white supremacist, racist, colonial project” and you “don’t even consider (yourself) to be Canadian because this is occupied indigenous land,” then maybe you should end your part in the occupation and leave.
Or do you prefer to denigrate Canada as a dystopian hellscape while benefitting from the country that hard working people have built over centuries, including a prosperous market economy, enormously generous social benefits, and the rule of law in a rights respecting liberal democracy?
“I don’t even consider myself to be Canadian, because this is occupied indigenous land.”
- Undoubtedly a product of the dominant leftism at Canadian universities
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Notable that an intense dislike of Catholics may well be The Globe's longest-running editorial position.
Opinion: It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularized
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We, as a nation, decided that business owners have a human right to fill their payrolls with temporary non-citizens who have no social network, no familial commitments, no wage leverage and a limited ability to say "no." Teens can't really compete.
Our teen lost her coffee shop job (that she ❤️) when new owners let go all the highschool students because their new “business model didn’t allow part-time workers”. I looked the owners up - they have a Temporary Foreign Worker Certificate to hire TFWs.
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It went from "choice!" to "either you let us kill people in your hospital or we'll take it from you" in less than a decade.
Opinion: It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularized
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I'll save you a click. MAiD fanatic @picardonhealth wants to abolish Catholic hospitals because they refuse to kill their patients.
Opinion: It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularized
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When they learn that Catholic hospitals want to care for people and not kill them
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The liberal québécois in a nutshell: Keep everything the Church gave us. Just not the faith that inspired it.
Opinion: It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularized
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Glorious.
The BC Conservatives have surged into majority territory as public anger over @Dave_Eby’s snap election call reaches a boiling point, according to new Mainstreet Research polling.
Here is the breakdown of why the NDP’s early election gamble is misfiring. (1/7) 🧵👇
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Eby called a snap election to protect B.C. from Trump making the province uncompetitive.
Then he decided Trump wasn’t moving fast enough.
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Good Lord!
In potentially the most serious spy scandal in German history, August Hanning is suspected of alleged treasonous espionage, the disclosure of state secrets, attempted treason and intelligence activity.
🔗:telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…
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The "primary" to be the anti-Chow candidate was last winter and spring. By the time Chris jumped in, the decision had already been made. Still, Bradford's campaign should reflect on why ~10% of change voters aren't comfortable with him and what he can do about that. "Not being Olivia Chow" won't suffice. It isn't ideological. Chris didn't run a right-wing insurgency. It's something else.
Chris Alexander is going to pull out of the race today according to campaign sources.
The question that needs to be asked of him is who, if anyone, has offered Alexander a job to either get in this race or to get out.
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Everyone who's managed a local campaign has had this conversation:
Candidate: "Can we put my picture on our lawn signs?"
Campaign manager: "Why? Is your picture on the ballot?"
Candidate: "It's important for people to know that I'm approachable, nice-looking, a human being, etc..."
Campaign manager: "Okay. We'll just make your name smaller."
Candidate: "Can't we keep it the same size?"
Campaign manager: "No."
Candidate: "Well, just make the sign bigger."
Campaign manager: "Sure. What budget should I cut to pay for that?"
Candidate: “My wife thinks it’s important.”
Campaign manager: “I’ll call the printer.”
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The most difficult experience I've had in politics was working for Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day in 2001, when his leadership came under sustained attack. What made it bearable were two things: (1) Stock was a really decent man; and (2) the people I worked with became lifelong friends. Among them was Éric Duhaime. I'm thrilled for him tonight, along with his many other Anglo friends!
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C'est la première fois depuis les années 1930 que des députés conservateurs sont élus à l'Assemblée nationale. Historique.
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Driving to my parents and wondering why there were people partying with Palestinian flags on the overpass.
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Oy vey.
It's like we're stuck in a Monte Python skit.
Something that both Khalistani and Alberta separatist movements have in common: they're both radically unpopular, but just carry on despite that.
They both started in the early 1980s, and have contested federal and provincial elections since then.
In the ensuing 40 years, Khalistani separatists have elected two MLAs and zero MPs; while Alberta separatists have elected one MLA and zero MPs. Both movements typically get 1% or 2% of the vote when running for office.
But that doesn't prevent either movement from claiming to speak for the people who keep voting against them in massive numbers.
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Reject corporate lobbies that push these lies:
>"Canadians don't want to do these jobs"
>"No one will ever move there"
>"Only a non citizen has the skills to do this job"
Pay Canadians properly. Train them. Support policies that enables labour mobility.
This is the way.
Mass immigration suppresses Canadian wages.
When the pandemic hit, borders were effectively closed, save for a few specific exceptions.
By December 2021, corporate Canada was complaining of staffing shortages. These pressures had forced companies to raise starting wages as they struggled to retain existing staff, let alone recruit new ones.
For a brief period, a tight labour market gave working Canadians real leverage.
Achieving this didn't take far-left ideology, radical policies, or aggressive minimum-wage hikes. It simply took restricting immigration to a trickle, which inadvertently gave ordinary working- and middle-class Canadians a fighting chance at a decent living.
Keep that in mind as Mark Carney muses about raising annual immigration levels to 500,000, all while countless young people struggle to find work.
My latest for @WDiminishment - link below.
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Help me out. I'm not a British Columbian. Is Jim Pattison not well regarded in your neck of the woods?
He's donated hundreds of millions to BC hospitals. Countless British Columbians have benefited from his philanthropy. From where I sit, he's an example for anyone with the means to help others. Am I missing something?
WATCH: David Eby doubles down on Jim Pattison comments - as a former NDP premier accuses Eby of "denigrating an icon".
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