Category: Conservative politics

A New Conservative Website The Blaze

Glenn Beck without much fanfare, launched his new conservative website the blaze today. It’s goal is to be a counterpoint to the left-leaning Huffington Post. First, the layout is clean and unencumbered in that way it is a very appealing website that could show some promise. The content of the website is definitely conservative but with Glenn Beck style of populism.

In short, if you like Glenn Beck and his message, you’ll love this website if you don’t this is not for you. Canadians would find some news value in this website; however, you have to expect that most of the stories are covered with an American perspective. For this reason much of the content might not connect with Canadian readers. It will be interesting to see how this website evolves and what it eventually turns into.

August 31, 2010
Could the Tea Party Movement Working Canada?

I support the ideals of lower taxes and less government . I can’t say if an American phenomenon can be completely translated to the Canadian political climate. I do agree that freedom is a universal value that we all should cherish.

source Toronto Sun

Is the Tea Party Canada-bound?
By BRIAN LILLEY, Parliamentary Bureau

OTTAWA – Are Canadians getting fed up with government regulations, rules and taxes? The man behind an attempt to start a Tea Party movement in Canada hopes so.

Andrew Lawton wants to bring that spirit to Canada.

Lawton, a conservative-leaning activist from London, Ont., is one of the organizers behind an online attempt to start a Tea Party movement in Canada.
starting with a Facebook group, Lawton says there are plans for rallies this fall in Ottawa and Quebec City. Other cities may be added.

August 30, 2010
Voter Discontent Could Boost Ontario PCs Fortunes

Voters in the province of Ontario are tired of being overtaxed and just treated as another source of revenue for an ever- ballooning government bureaucracy. Ontarians now want a return to fiscal sanity and a strong hand on the teller of government.

Source Toronto Sun

Voters know what they don’t want: They’re tired of posturing, dirty tricks and taxation.

The pollsters at Ipsos- Reid have been plumbing the depths of voter wrath — and have come up with some surprising numbers.

For the first time since he was re-elected in 2007, Dalton McGuinty is trailing the PC leader in the polls.

Ipsos figures show the PCs at 36%, have a narrow lead over the Liberals, at 35%.

The NDP is at 18% and Greens are at 11%.

Sure, a slim 1% margin hardly makes Tory Tim Hudak a shoo-in for the premier, but it gives the Tories a needed boost.

That figure isn’t the most important one. On every question, the Tories were ahead. A whopping 64% of those polled want a change in government.

What’s most surprising about the figures is that Hudak is largely unknown. It’s not so much Hudak they’re voting for as it is McGuinty they’re voting against.

They want anyone but him.

August 29, 2010