Plain Speak
- The force of personality that some found so compelling in the Conservative leader isn’t penetrating to the degree the party now wants as infighting
- The force of personality that some found so compelling in the Conservative leader isn’t penetrating to the degree the party now wants as infighting
- The force of personality that some found so compelling in the Conservative leader isn’t penetrating to the degree the party now wants as infighting
- Some important things could be revealed over the course of the first two weeks of the 45th election campaign.
- Some important things could be revealed over the course of the first two weeks of the 45th election campaign.
- Some important things could be revealed over the course of the first two weeks of the 45th election campaign.
- The Conservative leader need not be who he isn’t, but he might want to show and talk more about where he would take Canada
- The Conservative leader need not be who he isn’t, but he might want to show and talk more about where he would take Canada
- The Conservative leader need not be who he isn’t, but he might want to show and talk more about where he would take Canada
- Premier Andrew Furey’s tenure in provincial politics featured decency as the hallmark of his approach.
- Premier Andrew Furey’s tenure in provincial politics featured decency as the hallmark of his approach.
- Premier Andrew Furey’s tenure in provincial politics featured decency as the hallmark of his approach.
- Success in sport has currency, particularly for a president who has a simple application for winners and losers.
- Success in sport has currency, particularly for a president who has a simple application for winners and losers.
- Success in sport has currency, particularly for a president who has a simple application for winners and losers.
- Despite the best efforts of political parties, aided by media narratives, one simple question doesn’t influence the entirety of the electorate.
- Despite the best efforts of political parties, aided by media narratives, one simple question doesn’t influence the entirety of the electorate.
- Despite the best efforts of political parties, aided by media narratives, one simple question doesn’t influence the entirety of the electorate.
- With revolutionary zeal, or poor driving skills, Freeland has done what other politicians rarely do: she has driven the bus over herself.
- With revolutionary zeal, or poor driving skills, Freeland has done what other politicians rarely do: she has driven the bus over herself.
- With revolutionary zeal, or poor driving skills, Freeland has done what other politicians rarely do: she has driven the bus over herself.
- The push by the main candidates to make the U.S. president the Canadian campaign issue is the one you choose when there’s nothing else

- The push by the main candidates to make the U.S. president the Canadian campaign issue is the one you choose when there’s nothing else
- The push by the main candidates to make the U.S. president the Canadian campaign issue is the one you choose when there’s nothing else

- There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
- There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
- There is being angry, and wanting change to something better—and then there is the place in which we now find ourselves.
- Chrystia Freeland gave us all a valuable lesson on what happens when you lose the support of your star players.
- Chrystia Freeland gave us all a valuable lesson on what happens when you lose the support of your star players.
- Chrystia Freeland gave us all a valuable lesson on what happens when you lose the support of your star players.
- While the government certainly has the right to try to extend its useful life until October 2025, Canadians might like to hit the reset
- While the government certainly has the right to try to extend its useful life until October 2025, Canadians might like to hit the reset
- While the government certainly has the right to try to extend its useful life until October 2025, Canadians might like to hit the reset
- The Liberal government is well past the point of hoping that sprinkling a few bucks here and there will fix what ails both them
- The Liberal government is well past the point of hoping that sprinkling a few bucks here and there will fix what ails both them
- The Liberal government is well past the point of hoping that sprinkling a few bucks here and there will fix what ails both them
- Keep the incoming U.S. president focused on himself so that he stays away from things that could hurt us.
- Keep the incoming U.S. president focused on himself so that he stays away from things that could hurt us.
- Keep the incoming U.S. president focused on himself so that he stays away from things that could hurt us.
- The Democrats got lost on a moral crusade as Trump successfully peddled shopping-channel solutions.
- The Democrats got lost on a moral crusade as Trump successfully peddled shopping-channel solutions.
- The Democrats got lost on a moral crusade as Trump successfully peddled shopping-channel solutions.
- As the Liberals push the narrative that Pierre Poilievre poses a threat to the country, the Conservatives are pushing out policy items that don’t
- As the Liberals push the narrative that Pierre Poilievre poses a threat to the country, the Conservatives are pushing out policy items that don’t
- As the Liberals push the narrative that Pierre Poilievre poses a threat to the country, the Conservatives are pushing out policy items that don’t
- Knives seem to have been replaced by quills in this gentle revolt to oust the prime minister.
- Knives seem to have been replaced by quills in this gentle revolt to oust the prime minister.
- Knives seem to have been replaced by quills in this gentle revolt to oust the prime minister.
- Are the Liberals content to walk into the political valley of Death as the Light Brigade did in Alfred Tennyson’s poem?
- Are the Liberals content to walk into the political valley of Death as the Light Brigade did in Alfred Tennyson’s poem?
- Are the Liberals content to walk into the political valley of Death as the Light Brigade did in Alfred Tennyson’s poem?
- We have moved from the days of parliamentary plays to an environment rife with true personal animus, and collective disdain.
- We have moved from the days of parliamentary plays to an environment rife with true personal animus, and collective disdain.
- We have moved from the days of parliamentary plays to an environment rife with true personal animus, and collective disdain.
- Just like the wrestling pros, politicians on Parliament Hill are posturing for a prime position come election time.
- Just like the wrestling pros, politicians on Parliament Hill are posturing for a prime position come election time.
- Just like the wrestling pros, politicians on Parliament Hill are posturing for a prime position come election time.
- The deaths of hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau give us all the chance to reflect on how they brought people together during their
- The deaths of hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau give us all the chance to reflect on how they brought people together during their
- The deaths of hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau give us all the chance to reflect on how they brought people together during their
- It is hard to conceive that any other organization would mimic the approach of the current government to right its ship.
- It is hard to conceive that any other organization would mimic the approach of the current government to right its ship.
- It is hard to conceive that any other organization would mimic the approach of the current government to right its ship.
- The late MP was a true model for how to be both a good family man, and a committed public servant.
- The late MP was a true model for how to be both a good family man, and a committed public servant.
- The late MP was a true model for how to be both a good family man, and a committed public servant.
- We should be thanking Canada's Olympians for the way they've lifted the country, and showed the true potency and goodness of the power of

- We should be thanking Canada's Olympians for the way they've lifted the country, and showed the true potency and goodness of the power of
- We should be thanking Canada's Olympians for the way they've lifted the country, and showed the true potency and goodness of the power of

- Playing people off of one another, and exploiting collective anxiety is a common practice among the major party leaders, and is tip-toeing to something

- Playing people off of one another, and exploiting collective anxiety is a common practice among the major party leaders, and is tip-toeing to something
- Playing people off of one another, and exploiting collective anxiety is a common practice among the major party leaders, and is tip-toeing to something

- Moronic flamethrower rhetoric and talking points from all sides won’t do the job of properly figuring out what is best here.
- Moronic flamethrower rhetoric and talking points from all sides won’t do the job of properly figuring out what is best here.
- Moronic flamethrower rhetoric and talking points from all sides won’t do the job of properly figuring out what is best here.
- What happens here influences everything from inter-provincial relations, to the federal treasury, to the 2030 climate reductions emission plan, and beyond.
- What happens here influences everything from inter-provincial relations, to the federal treasury, to the 2030 climate reductions emission plan, and beyond.
- What happens here influences everything from inter-provincial relations, to the federal treasury, to the 2030 climate reductions emission plan, and beyond.
- Doug Ford’s wedding woes have been getting some attention, but it’s certainly not at the forefront of the news agenda, nor are Canadians’ economic
- Doug Ford’s wedding woes have been getting some attention, but it’s certainly not at the forefront of the news agenda, nor are Canadians’ economic
- Doug Ford’s wedding woes have been getting some attention, but it’s certainly not at the forefront of the news agenda, nor are Canadians’ economic
- The big cheques and the hopeful political communications that will flow in the days ahead can’t be enough to satisfy us.

- The big cheques and the hopeful political communications that will flow in the days ahead can’t be enough to satisfy us.
- The big cheques and the hopeful political communications that will flow in the days ahead can’t be enough to satisfy us.

- Canadians want politicians to pursue real solutions, not take things off the table simply because there is some political opportunity in posturing on a
- Canadians want politicians to pursue real solutions, not take things off the table simply because there is some political opportunity in posturing on a
- Canadians want politicians to pursue real solutions, not take things off the table simply because there is some political opportunity in posturing on a
- Former conservative staffer Asad Wali, who died on Jan. 12, enriched many lives and worked to make the country a better place.
- Former conservative staffer Asad Wali, who died on Jan. 12, enriched many lives and worked to make the country a better place.
- Former conservative staffer Asad Wali, who died on Jan. 12, enriched many lives and worked to make the country a better place.
- Broken might be taking it a bit far, but you’d be hard pressed to make a compelling argument that some of the nation’s biggest
- Broken might be taking it a bit far, but you’d be hard pressed to make a compelling argument that some of the nation’s biggest
- Broken might be taking it a bit far, but you’d be hard pressed to make a compelling argument that some of the nation’s biggest
- Canada has lost a smart, reliable, and wise hand from Western Canada at the cabinet table at a crucial time in our history.
- Canada has lost a smart, reliable, and wise hand from Western Canada at the cabinet table at a crucial time in our history.
- Canada has lost a smart, reliable, and wise hand from Western Canada at the cabinet table at a crucial time in our history.
- From reports of Chinese police stations in Canada, to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's Sovereignty Act, to opportunism over Bill C-21, last week was a
- From reports of Chinese police stations in Canada, to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's Sovereignty Act, to opportunism over Bill C-21, last week was a
- From reports of Chinese police stations in Canada, to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's Sovereignty Act, to opportunism over Bill C-21, last week was a
- Neither FIFA nor Qatar would have lost a night’s sleep over Canada’s non-participation, while a generation of Canadian soccer dreams would have been wiped
- Neither FIFA nor Qatar would have lost a night’s sleep over Canada’s non-participation, while a generation of Canadian soccer dreams would have been wiped
- Neither FIFA nor Qatar would have lost a night’s sleep over Canada’s non-participation, while a generation of Canadian soccer dreams would have been wiped