Well, kind of… At least that would be the case if my local MP, Dr. Keith Martin gets his way with the passage of a Private Member’s Bill (M-446) that would scrap subsection 13(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act. There are a few different ways of viewing this initiative, but here’s my take [...]

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Just to be clear at the outset, the “Liberal” in the title doesn’t necessarily just refer to the Liberal Party of Canada, although it has to be said that they’re not exactly a barrel of monkeys these days. Okay, maybe that wasn’t the best figure of speech, all considered, but you know what I mean. [...]

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Let me just add a little codicil to my previous post and suggest that this phenomenon of what can only be described as a sneering contempt for one’s own party and the vast majority of people who likewise support it (or at least vote for it from time to time) seems to be unique to [...]

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Funnily enough, some additional confirmation of my “theory” of there being an inordinately large disparity in opinion between “The Blogging Tories” and “average Conservatives” was unintentionally provided yesterday by none other than self-described “cyber-sherpa” Kate McMillan. When attempting to define Canadian conservatism for her witless American hosts at BlogTalkRadio, she said:
“You get moving east [beyond [...]

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Scott was kind enough to extend an invitation to guest blog recently if the mood took me, so I’m going to take him up on his offer in order to share with you a completely obvious insight that was brought to my attention a couple of days ago. Although it may seem self-evident, perhaps it’s [...]

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