Politics

February 9th 2026 - Politics - The Line

Stephen Harper’s true legacy is a united conservative party

Stephen Harper’s true legacy is a united conservative party

Stephen Harper’s true legacy is a united conservative party His time as PM is not what he should be most proud of — and I suspect he thinks so, too. In December 2004 I was sitting in the Official Opposition…

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May 2nd 2025 - Politics - Globe and Mail

As Canada moves to a two-party system, the Conservatives need new strategies

As Canada moves to a two-party system, the Conservatives need new strategies

Ken Boessenkool is a partner in the policy advisory firm Meredith Boessenkool and Phillips and was a senior campaign and policy adviser to Stephen Harper. Canadian electoral politics became like Western Canadian electoral politics this week, by moving from a…

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December 30th 2024 - Archive - The Line

This year, I’m grateful to Trudeau and Singh for two-tier health care

This year, I’m grateful to Trudeau and Singh for two-tier health care

Instead of making the Canadian dental program look more like Canadian public health care, why don’t we do the reverse — move health care to the dental-plan model? Every year at Christmas time, The Line runs a series of articles…

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November 18th 2024 - Politics - The Line

Doug Ford sure looks like a conservative!

Doug Ford sure looks like a conservative!

A Conservative by any other metric would spend so sweet. A number of important conservative and other commentators have lamented Ontario’s departure from conservatism. Doug Ford, these folks argue, is not conservative. A key clue to Ford’s lack of conservative…

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November 7th 2024 - Politics -

Humility

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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