November 7th 2024 - Politics -
Humility

Humility If anyone tells you what is going to happen, don’t believe them. That’s what we have been saying for weeks and what were saying on US election night. We were told it would be close. It was not. We…
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November 7th 2024 - Politics -
Humility
Humility If anyone tells you what is going to happen, don’t believe them. That’s what we have been saying for weeks and what were saying on US election night. We were told it would be close. It was not. We…
May 25th 2024 - Archive - The Line
The CPC is not, and has never been, the party of big business
Poilievre is saying the quiet part out loud: The Tories don’t care about the companies. Companies don’t vote or donate. But workers do. By: Ken Boessenkool The Conservative Party of Canada is not, nor has it ever been, the party…
November 9th 2023 - Archive - The Line
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…
October 25th 2023 - Politics - The Line
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…
September 19th 2023 - Politics - The Line
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….