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Why I am a Conservative
February 23, 2015[caption id="attachment_484" align="alignnone" width="864"] Image Credit: Brandon Hillier[/caption] It has been a little over a year since the Mr. Right Wing column first came into existence. In that time, I have done my best to try and keep our readers aware of the fact that the opinions they hold, popular or not, are not necessarily the strongest ones on a variety of issues. In this space I have brought up the legalization of marijuana, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even broached the uncomfortable topic of abortion, all while taking time to criticize Trudeau at least once a month. Yet, I realize…
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Bill C-51: a violation of civil liberties
February 16, 2015[caption id="attachment_401" align="alignnone" width="748"] Image Credit: Canadian Forces[/caption] The Conservative majority government, led by Stephen Harper, has just introduced Bill C-51, an act that stands as one of the most authoritarian pieces of anti-terror legislation in the world. Speaking to…
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Petty, puritanical, and obtuse, Canada’s foreign policy is morally wrong
January 26, 2015In 2010, Stephen Harper took the stage at the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism conference in Ottawa and pledged, in no uncertain terms, Canada’s unshakable support for Israel: “the easy thing to do is simply to just go along [.…
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It’s time to stand with Israel
September 2, 2014Toward the end of the summer, newsfeeds throughout the world were dominated by yet another conflict in Israel, as the terrorist group Hamas began indiscriminately firing rockets at Israeli cities. Despite multiple attempted cease-fires, the conflict continues, and there does…
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Harper’s economic reforms bring about the “dark side of excellence”
July 23, 2012By Edward Dodd — The Carillon (CUP) Photo by Alex Smyth — The Fulcrum (CUP) Twenty-four years ago, Pierre Trudeau warned that for too long, Canada had “experimented with the dark side of excellence.” Rather than building the “just society”…
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