A journey through desert beauty and unexpected surprises My wife Clare and I had just completed an invigorating kayaking trip on the Lower Salt River that snakes through the otherwise parched Sonoran desert when the wild horses came to visit. A small herd meandered right next to us as we disembarked from our inflatable kayaks.…
Sixty-two per cent of attendees to the latest Conservative Political Action Conference want Trump to be the Republican candidate The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is billed as the largest gathering of conservative activists in the world. Produced by the American Conservative Union, the annual extravaganza of politicians, activists, media personalities and devoted attendees was…
The two factions within the party are starting to get along
Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) annual general meeting (AGM) ended this past weekend with a discernible positive buzz and little conspiratorial chit-chat among members, much to the consternation, I am sure, of the party’s political opponents. While it’s not uncommon after leadership contests to hear sniping by those loyal to other leadership candidates, I heard…
Hints of Hurricane Dorian still linger, but The Bahamas as beautiful as ever
FREEPORT, Bahamas – You never get a second chance to make a first impression. That’s a bit of a trite yet true sentiment. Travellers have all had their fair share of nasty, cantankerous customs officials. I know I have. So that’s why my very first impression of The Bahamas was a favourable one. The Bahamian…
TRUMP: “The radical left is trying to replace American with woke tyranny”
It’s five full hours before former U.S. President Donald J. Trump is scheduled to speak at the world’s largest gathering of conservatives, but his fans are already lining the street leading up to the sprawling and posh Rosen Shingle Creek conference resort. It’s Day 3 of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and there’s…
“They have been slandered as Nazis, racists and terrorists”
ORLANDO, Fla. – Former U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Canada’s treatment of people involved in what came to be known as the trucker Freedom Convoy 2022. The remarks came in his Saturday night keynote speech to thousands of attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in this city. “The tyranny in Canada…
Canada has gone down a dangerous road
ORLANDO, Fla. — The very mention of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s name provoked a loud chorus of boos Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The jeers came during a keynote speech by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Nome, who boasted that her state stayed open during the COVID pandemic when others shut down their…
Russia terrorizing Ukraine because America isn't demonstrating the resolve Trump did four years ago
ORLANDO, Fla. – Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the world is a more dangerous place under President Joe Biden than it was under Donald Trump. Speaking Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando (CPAC), Pompeo recited a laundry list of what he said are Trump’s accomplishments, including building a border wall,…
“I really believe if Florida had not led the way, this country could look like Canada”
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida enjoyed unprecedented freedoms during the COVID pandemic but could have ended up with lockdowns and tight restrictions like those in Canada had its governor not battled back hard against naysayers. That’s the view of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who was repeatedly applauded for his fiery speech Thursday at the Conservative Political…
The failed experiment of going to the mushy middle of the Canadian political spectrum is over
As the Conservative member of Parliament for Edmonton Griesbach, I was one of Erin O’Toole’s biggest fans and truly believed he had what it would take to be prime minister. I was also one of only a handful of Conservative MPs who supported him both times he sought the leadership of the Conservative Party of…