Canadian history, Conservative politics

Dief The Chief

  One of the more insightful tributes to our 13th prime minister John Diefenbaker  the first master of mass communication in Canadian politics. source Montréal Gazette While the 1960 Bill of Rights did not have the entrenched constitutional character of the 1982 Charter of Rights, many key provisions of the…

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Conservative Students Vs. Liberal Students

It’s true Conservative students have  their political mettle tested through a baptism of metaphorical fire. Oh the stories I could tell about the University of Guelph. Source Jonah Goldberg Conservative motives run the gamut, from the strategic to the sentimental to the financial. Strategically, the university is the citadel from…

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Sex Trafficking In Canada

The hard-line of the Harper government on sex trafficking is one of the quiet accomplishments in their mandate. Human rights and freedom should be two ideas that are integrally entwined at the center of the Canadian approach to  trafficking. Source Ottawa Sun Most of the victims of human trafficking, queue-jumping…

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