Only Rachel Notley can win. By: Ken Boessenkool I listened very carefully to Danielle’s victory speech on Thursday night, but what kept running through my head was not her prepared remarks, but two Japanese words: “Tennōheika Banzai.” Banzai translates literally…

It’s not enough to win an election. But it’s a necessary precondition to having a shot. By: Ken Boessenkool As the results that made Pierre Poilievre the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada rolled in, I got to reminiscing…

Three ways of understanding the conservative disposition Ken Boessenkool and John von Heyking | Posted September 9, 2022 Hub editor-at-large Sean Speer recently challenged Canadian conservatives to “establish something of a generally-acceptable Canadian conservative taxonomy…to understand the points of convergence…

Figure this out now, or risk losing Alberta to the NDP for a generation “A propensity to use and enjoy what is available, rather than to wish or look for something else; to delight in what is present rather than…

Less government is preferable to more government Ken Boessenkool | April 27, 2022 One of the biggest challenges—admittedly surmountable—with being an aspiring conservative politician is that we want less of what it is we are trying to run, which is…