November 9th 2023 - Archive - The Line

The carbon tax is dead. Long live the carbon tax

The carbon tax is dead. Long live the carbon tax

There is a dumb way to transition to an industrial-only carbon price, and a couple of smart ways. The Liberals chose the dumb way. Veteran political columnist Paul Wells’ second rule of politics reads as follows: If everyone in Ottawa…

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October 25th 2023 - Politics - The Line

Poilievre doesn’t want to just win. He wants to win big

Poilievre doesn’t want to just win. He wants to win big

What the CPC’s stance on the sale of a bank tells us about the potential next prime minister of Canada Some old-school conservatives (and Conservatives) might have been surprised when Pierre Poilievre recently asked Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to halt…

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September 19th 2023 - Politics - The Line

A successful convention is a key step on the path to victory

A successful convention is a key step on the path to victory

To win, you now need to plan, and run, a flawless campaign. One of the most underrated events of the rise of Stephen Harper to prime minister was the founding convention of the Conservative Party of Canada in March 2005….

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May 29th 2023 - Alberta - The Line

Why I won’t vote in this election

Why I won’t vote in this election

I won’t choose between bad and worse, and don’t make me say who is which As an outspoken conservative critic of United Conservative Party (UCP) leader Danielle Smith, the Alberta election has put me in a bit of a quandary….

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May 1st 2023 - Alberta - The Line

Jared Wesley and Ken Boessenkool: Danielle Smith is not a conservative

Jared Wesley and Ken Boessenkool: Danielle Smith is not a conservative

Her politics amount to libertarian-laced populism, directly opposed to the sort of principled, incrementalist politics Albertans have had before. To be conservative … is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to…

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