By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter It is one year since Stephen Harper won his first majority as Prime Minister of Canada. Read this piece from John Ibbotson in the Globe and Mail and be grateful for this man: "At the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, this month, Latin American leaders pushed hard […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Cameron may have said "no" to Europe. Canada's Conservative Government has said "no" to the world. The Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent yesterday pulled his country out of the Kyoto Treaty. In this short statement he said that he wasn't willing to impose massive costs on his country's economy while […]
Sebastian Way, a former Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) staffer in Ottawa who now works as a lawyer in London, reviews last week's CPC convention which celebrated Stephen Harper’s majority victory at the recent general election, and discusses lessons that the UK Conservatives could learn from our Canadian cousins. Following five years of the draining […]
By Tim Montgomerie On Tuesday I reported the result of Canada's general election; a majority Conservative government. Pasted below are six of the best commentaries on the result: The achievements of Harper's minority governments: "While his governance style has been quiet, Mr. Harper has established an impressive track record. He's cut Canada's value-added tax (the […]
Tim Montgomerie Six weeks ago the the opposition Liberal Party voted to bring down Stephen Harper's second minority Conservative government. Few understood why. The Conservatives were ten points ahead in some opinion polls. Liberal party supporters will have lots of time to reflect on all of this over the next few years. Their party under […]
By Jonathan Isaby Canada has a general election set for May 2nd and Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally launched his party's election platform at the end of last week. Harper has been Prime Minister, leading a minority government, since 2006, having increased the Conservative Party's number of seats at a general election in 2008 […]
Tim Montgomerie Canada's voters have two choices at the general election scheduled for 2nd May… The opposition Liberals, led by Michael Ignatieff, want voters to believe that it's a choice between continuing minority Conservative government – held in check by them and the other leftist opposition parties – and a majority Conservative government that would, […]
Tim Montgomerie Opinion polls suggest that Canada will have another minority Conservative government after the nation votes again, in May. Analysis of the latest EKOS poll suggests that the Liberal opposition led by Michael Ignatieff is doing better among younger, but less likely-to-vote Canadians and the Conservatives are doing better among seniors. The Conservatives are […]
Five years ago this week Stephen Harper led the Canadian Conservatives to a general election victory. In this video message to his supporters, he celebrates the achievements of his government over the last five years.
Tim Montgomerie Stephen Harper became Canadian Prime Minister nearly five years ago, ending a long period of what became corrupt Liberal rule. In 2008 he faced re-election and added to the number of Conservative MPs. Now, in 2011, he is likely to face another election battle and although polls suggest he'll stay as Prime Minister […]
Canada is a largely liberal nation that is currently ruled by Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government (currently 33% to 29% ahead in national polls). Harper has tacked to the centre in order to stay in power according to many libertarians and small 'c' conservatives. Occasionally the conservatives rebel – as they did one week ago […]
The latest Canadian opinion polls suggest that Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government enjoys a solid lead over the opposition parties. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff's attempt to force an early election look doomed to failure – and his own position as his party's leader is now in jeopardy – with a clear majority of Canadians opposing […]
A new opinion poll puts Canada's minority Conservative government 39% to 28% ahead of the opposition Liberals. This Conservative lead is the reverse of the position before the summer recess when the Liberals enjoyed a narrow lead. That lead had prompted renewed speculation that Canada would be forced to go to the polls again. Another […]
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper used a speech to 300 conservative movement activists to argue that private enterprise cannot be the sum of conservatism. Markets can fail: "We are in a global recession principally – and we have to face this – because a lot of people on Wall Street, because of a lot of […]
Six weeks ago Canada’s Prime Minister was fighting for his political life as his minority government faced being no-confidenced by an unexpected coming together of the nation’s left-wing parties. He won some time after the Governor-General prorogued Parliament and, as expected, the pressure of public opinion unpicked the coalition. The coalition finally broke apart yesterday […]