Tag Archives: Conservatives

It Didn’t Occur to Me that the Conservatives Would Rebel

Posted on November 7, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Pierre Poilievre’s Leadership is in Trouble When I compared the 2025 Budget with Carney’s birth chart, I neglected to see how it would affect Poilievre. Did he not see that his actions and words were divisive? He didn’t read the … Continue reading →

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O Canada! What are You Going to Do Now?

Posted on January 17, 2025 by cdsmiller17

I took this photo in the fall. While looking for an illustration for today’s post, I remembered it. Symbolic, eh? My computer program has a chart for the beginning of Canada as an independent country. Of course, that’s the simple … Continue reading →

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Patrick Brown is in the News Again

Posted on November 9, 2024 by cdsmiller17

An Unwitting Agent for the Government of India? Do you recall the circumstances surrounding Patrick Brown’s expulsion from the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race in July 2022? At the time, I was suspicious of the CPC’s motivation. It was … Continue reading →

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How Political Ads Play Off Voters’ Anxieties

Posted on March 7, 2024 by cdsmiller17

There is an Conservative Party of Canada ad playing on the airwaves at the moment that highlights this exact issue: “Canada is broken.” A pile of puzzle pieces spills onto a table. “Everything feels broken,” Pierre Poilievre says in a voice-over as … Continue reading →

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Once a Lord, Always a Lord?

Posted on October 21, 2023 by cdsmiller17

William Cecil, Lord Burghley (September 15, 1520 – August 4, 1598) OK, OK, this will be my last Luke Aaron connection. I was looking for a tenuous link to his present day counterpart, and it would seem that being Knighted … Continue reading →

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Fake News? Should We Believe “Anonymous” Sources?

Posted on March 24, 2023 by cdsmiller17

2019/2021 Canadian Election Interference by China It’s hard to know who to believe anymore. My cousin, John Miller, is a respected journalist. He has a blog page called The Journalism Doctor. You should read it sometime. He laments the laziness … Continue reading →

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The Reason We Mustn’t Ignore the Past

Posted on October 21, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Lessons from History My last two posts here have gone over like a lead balloon (that’s where Led Zeppelin got their name). In pondering why, I have come to the conclusion that no one wants to read about events and … Continue reading →

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The New Canadian Leader of His Majesty’s Opposition

Posted on September 27, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Pierre Poilievre (June 3, 1979) Honestly, people, this man is just nine months older than my youngest child. (And my cousin, John, is concerned that Pierre Poilievre is being referred to as ‘Pee Pee’…) Why are political leaders allowed to … Continue reading →

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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss?

Posted on September 6, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Liz Truss (July 26, 1975) Ha, that was funny. My WordPress post just aligned the above image of Liz Truss to the centre (when I prompted a change): this seems to be significant for the way the United Kingdom is … Continue reading →

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Is This Man the UK’s Next Prime Minister?

Posted on July 14, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Rishi Sunak (May 12, 1980) It may be too soon to tell, since the Tories will finally elect their next leader on September 9th but I like the odds of this happening. It feels a bit like Kamala Harris becoming … Continue reading →

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