Tonight former conservative staffer Michael Sona released his first public statement to the media since resigning from Eve Adams office last week. Source CTVI wish to address the allegations and accusations levelled against me in the media over the last six days. I have remained silent to this point with the hope that the real guilty party would be apprehended. The rumours continue to s
Tory Redux | more | posted February 28th, 2012
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Editor-in-chief of Landmark Report Andrew Lawton wrote an open letter to the CEO of Tim Horton’s. I think this is a great idea and does have my wholehearted support.
Tory Redux | more | posted April 19th
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Tory Redux | more | posted April 11th
This morning, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher passed away, from a stroke. She was a true statesman and conservative icon; her leadership was not only an example for her fellow countrymen, but for generations of political leaders on … Continue reading →The post Margaret Thatcher The iron lady was one-of-a-kind RIP appeared first on Tory Redux.
Tory Redux | more | posted April 11th
As a former student and History Major, I always mark April 9th as a special day of remembering Canada’s contribution and sacrifice of the Canadian troops who gave their lives during the second world war and therefore allowed the … Continue reading →The post Remembering The Battle of Vimy Ridge appeared first on Tory Redux.
Tory Redux | more | posted April 11th
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Tory Redux | more | posted February 24th
Today, the Ontario PC party launched a series of radio ads reminding Ontarians of the economic record of the liberals while, premier designate Kathleen Wynne was at the cabinet table with Dalton McGuinty.Here is one of the ads
Tory Redux | more | posted January 27th
Tim HudakEarlier this week Tim Hudak leader of the Ontario PC party penned an open letter to outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty . He detailed many of his grievances against the prorogation and urges McGuinty to recall the legislature.Some of the letter is below The consequence of your decision to prorogue means that we are unable to take the meaningful action required to rein in government spe
Tory Redux | more | posted October 25th
by Sean_Marshall Today marks the bicentennial of the Battle of Queenston Heights and the death of Sir Isaac Brock. I still remember the day trips with my family to the Niagara region when I was a young impressionable boy . We did a complete circuit of Fort George and Fort Niagara of course ending off at Brock's monument and learning about the battle at Queensto
Tory Redux | more | posted October 13th
I'm back from an extended hiatus. With all that is percolating in provincial and federal politics; as well as, the contest for the White House entering the home stretch in the United States, I thought it was a good time to return to the blogosphere.Pushing the pause button recharges the batteries and helped me regain some perspective. I am using this post as a jumping off point,
Tory Redux | more | posted August 26th
From WebsiteNDP Leader Thomas Mulcair recently announced his new shadow cabinet.Mr. Mulcair has chosen a team that threatens dangerous economic experiments, job-killing taxes, and reckless spending we simply cannot afford. This team has demonstrated a disturbing willingness to put the interests of a narrow band of activists ahead of the interests of hard-working Canadian families.Mr. Mulcair’s N
Tory Redux | more | posted May 7th, 2012
Since before the budget was passed the Ontario PC caucus has been focused on tackling the provinces ballooning debt crisis and proposing ways to get Ontarians back to work. I liked how Tim Hudak strikes an optimistic tone at the end of his speech on Tuesday. Anyone interested in the direction of the provincial Conservatives should watch this .From the speechSo tonight, my message to yo
Tory Redux | more | posted May 4th, 2012
What a difference a year makes, a year ago today the conservative party of Canada finally attained their long-sought majority mandate from Canadians. The conservatives were quick to act on several long-standing promises such asAbolishing the gun registryphasing out public subsidy for political partiesending the wheat board monopolyNow it looks like the government is shifting its priorities to focu
Tory Redux | more | posted May 2nd, 2012
From Christina BlizzardThe S&P warning and Moody’s credit downgrade are searing indictments of the McGuinty government’s nine years of reckless overspending.If there were a Ministry of Debt, it would be the third largest ministry - with a budget of $10.6 billion we’re paying in interest.I enjoy Christina Blizzard she is an insightful and no holds barred writer. This column is
Tory Redux | more | posted April 27th, 2012
Yesterday from FP“We believe the province’s main credit challenges include its continuing weak budgetary and debt metrics and its challenging cost-containment plan required to achieve budgetary balance by fiscal 2018,” Today from Reuters"The downgrade of Ontario's rating reflects the growing debt burden and the risks surrounding the province achieving its medium-term fiscal plan given the
Tory Redux | more | posted April 26th, 2012
Tonight the Toronto convention center should be rocking as the one-man global content provider Mark Steyn brings his unique brand of informative insight on current events and entertainment to the big smoke. Recently, I had the chance to finish Steyn latest book after America. It left me with a simultaneous sense of dread and amusement. Also no one can quite explain the integral issues
Tory Redux | more | posted April 24th, 2012
By any standard tomorrow's Alberta provincial election has the potential to be historic. In one of the final polls of the campaign Angus Reid shows the Wildrose winning a momentous mandate.From Prince Arthur HeraldThe rise of the Wildrose was made possible by the Tory drift. Formed by disenchanted provincial conservatives looking for an alternative, it enjoyed single digit
Tory Redux | more | posted April 23rd, 2012
Recently Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak has been crisscrossing the province hosting a series of round tables with business and community leaders. These gatherings serve a couple of purposes first these are great opportunities to connect with individuals who are most impacted by the liberal government's lack of a long-term fiscal plan. Secondly and more importantly Tim Hudak is beginning to met
Tory Redux | more | posted April 22nd, 2012
Do you know your portion of the provincial debt? Now you can find out with the newly developed Ontario debt clock.This nifty piece of code can be added to any website to help raise awareness about Ontario's growing debt problem. Since assuming office in 2003 the current McGuinty government has nearly doubled the province's total debt. As a result of the fiscal mismanagement of the liberals Ontar
Tory Redux | more | posted April 20th, 2012
The Ontario Liberals are doing some old-fashioned political posturing at Queen's Park. Sunday night finance Minister Dwight Duncan released a statement that the Tories were going to force an election on the people of Ontario . In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Finance critic for the Ontario PCs Peter Sherman released a statement laying out in detail how Premier D
Tory Redux | more | posted April 16th, 2012
There's a new news aggregator on the block and it's Blue Canada. The brainchild of Craig Smith co founder of Blogging Tories it is a refreshing conservative alternative to other predominant aggregators in Canada. To this end, I have now placed Blue Canada in my blogroll.
Tory Redux | more | posted April 16th, 2012
OTTAWA - The Canadian Centre for Policy Studies welcomed the 10 per cent reduction in taxpayer subsidies to the CBC announced in yesterday's federal budget."Last October we called for the privatization of the CBC," said David Krayden, executive director of the CCPS. "The CBC is a world class broadcaster, fully capable of competing in the private sector. The more than $1 billion in govern
Tory Redux | more | posted March 30th, 2012
Originally appeared in The Prince Arthur HeraldWith the upcoming budget later this month, many eyes and much press, will be focused on the anticipated 10% cut to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and what that means for the future of Arts funding in Canada. Of course, the friends of the CBC and other left-wing advocacy groups will raise a hue and cry over continuing indifference of our pu
Tory Redux | more | posted March 27th, 2012
Originally appeared in The Prince Arthur HeraldIf any rumbles cameout of Washington last month it was as a result of the freemarketplace of ideas known as CPAC. The Conservative conference isa hallmark of the political calendar in the United States; it is theultimate intersection of ideas and the political Grassroots. Similarly, sowing the seed of Conservatism in Canada is the ManningCentre for
Tory Redux | more | posted February 29th, 2012
Megan Harris's column in today's Toronto Sun is spot on here is a taste of the closing paragraph . Although the whole article is well worth a read. Now, McGuinty and the Liberals are exactly where they neither wanted nor expected to be — holding the bag when tough decisions have to be made. Once again, it looks like they intend to pivot and punt the tough decisions into the future while
Tory Redux | more | posted February 27th, 2012
By the end of tonight, Meryl Streep should have won her third Oscar for portraying Margaret Thatcher in the iron Lady. This quick video examines the lasting impact that the Thatcher administration had on the United Kingdom by talking to one of the former prime minister's key advisers and biographer's.
Tory Redux | more | posted February 26th, 2012
There is definitely a buoyant feeling in the air if not online coming out of last week's Ontario PC AGM. There has been an overwhelmingly positive reception from most party members to Tim Hudak's keynote address on Saturday afternoon. Confirming his commitment to craft a conservative alternative for Ontario.“This is our voice. It’s a voice of hope, for those who’ve lost hope. A voice
Tory Redux | more | posted February 15th, 2012
The Drummond report has a good chance of shaping fiscal reforms across the country.I think the Drummond report could serve as a blueprint for fiscal reform across the country," said Mark Milke, a fellow at the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute. "Look, Ontario is the biggest province, obviously. What Ontario does matters."Whether it acts on any of the recommendations, the "tough medicine"
Tory Redux | more | posted February 15th, 2012
Earlier today Richard Ciano became the newest president of the PC party of Ontario. You can read some media reports here and here. First, I want to congratulate the Ciano team on their well-earned victory. Now it is time for the party to focus on starting to build towards the goal of winning the next election and making sure it's a majority mandate. As for Kevin Gaudet and John Snobelen they both
Tory Redux | more | posted February 12th, 2012
Last night Tim Hudak received a ringing endorsement from thousands of Ontario PC members who gathered in Niagara Falls this weekend for their annual convention. Now that Hudak is reconfirmed as leader I will be interested in seeing what conservative ideas that the Ontario PC caucus comes up with in the ensuing months.As well, here is a terrific post from Rob Dekker former PC candidate
Tory Redux | more | posted February 12th, 2012
It's early but the major themes that are emerging from this year's Ontario PC AGM are those of change and moving forward. This weekend's convention in Niagara Falls could see the Ontario PCs Bury the bitter feelings of the past and simultaneously lay the foundation for the future. In a bit of a pre convention primer here is a couple of interviews of Tim Hudak and Ken Zeise . Althoug
Tory Redux | more | posted February 10th, 2012
In this segment on byline last night Blogging mogul Andrew Breitbart talks about his new documentary that aims to unmask the occupy movement. Furthermore Breitbart has always been a favorite of mine because he passionately goes after the mainstream media as well as understanding that culture is almost as important as fiscal policy. Occupy Unmasked Trailer
Tory Redux | more | posted February 10th, 2012
Sun News is finally counter punching against one of its critics the Globe and Mail's John Doyle.As I recall, BC blue was the first Blogging Tory to point out Mr. Doyle's proclivity to nonsensically criticize those that he disagreed with. Moreover, Sun news is a challenge to the monolithic media culture that has developed in Canada. When consumers in the marketplace of ideas only have a cho
Tory Redux | more | posted February 9th, 2012
This upcoming weekend over 2000 loyal Provincial Tories will gather in the NiagaraFalls convention Centre to chart a course after the disappointingresults of last fall's provincial election. This convention isanticipated to set the tone for the building process of the OntarioPC party for the next couple of years. As well, with the electionof officers, and more importantly, a three way con
Tory Redux | more | posted February 9th, 2012
As the tech world what's a buzz over the news of the historic initial public offering of Facebook . Ottawa received financial information of its own on Wednesday, elections Canada finally released the fundraising numbers for all the parties in 2011. Unsurprisingly the conservative party of Canada was out in front with nearly $23 million in contributions. This bodes well for the party it Pro
Tory Redux | more | posted February 1st, 2012
As part of Ontario received a dusting of winter weather during the weekend and politicians journeyed back to the nation's capital for the start of the spring sitting of parliament This promises to be an interesting session of the House of Commons with old-age pension reform coming to the forefront.There were many great blog posts on this issue by There were many great blog posts on thi
Tory Redux | more | posted January 31st, 2012
Is the state motto of New Hampshire and home of the first official primary on the road to the Republican convention . It would be a complete surprise if Mitt Romney leaves the Granite State with anything but a solid win. providing that the polls hold up, there will be a combination of Romney, Paul and Huntsman as the top tier in New Hampshire. In addition over at the American Spectator,
Tory Redux | more | posted January 10th, 2012
In the first of many retrospective articles on the war of 1812 . Author Tom Taylor make the case that we won the war. He closes with these words . John Donne, the great English writer, in his famous essay/eulogy, First Anniversary, points out that it is our duty not just to the dead, but to ourselves to remember the spirit of those who have passed.The notion holds true for individu
Tory Redux | more | posted January 8th, 2012
Sir John Alexander MacdonaldRecently Brian Lilley has started a discussion of what conservatism is as an ideology in Canada. Now I could write an article on what I believe the roots of conservatism are in Canada. Instead I want to open the question up to all Blogging Tories. What do you think are the roots of Canadian conservatism? You can leave any comments or questions below.
Tory Redux | more | posted January 4th, 2012
This morning, Richard Ciano launch his platform in the race to become the next president of the Ontario PC Party. You can check it out in detail here , the gist of the platform is empowering the grassroots, along with continuing to build a strong foundation for the party to fight the next election. The plan deals with several key areas of responsibility for the next president. Although what might
Tory Redux | more | posted January 3rd, 2012
Today the Harper government announced plans to officially celebrate the upcoming diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The Canadian government has unveiled a $7.5-million plan to celebrate next year's 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's time on the throne, a moment hailed Tuesday by Heritage Minister James Moore as a "rare" chance to honour the 85-year-old monarch's "dedicated servic
Tory Redux | more | posted December 6th, 2011
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