Tag Archives: Peter MacKay

Counting The Ballots

August 23, 2020 · by · in Leadership, Politics, Society · 4 Comments

It’s the biggest turnout for a party leadership vote in Canadian history. A day before the deadline more than 150,000 ballots had been received at Conservative Party headquarters. (Don’t tell Donald Trump – it was a mail-in contest.) When the leadership contest started I had intended to devote the occasional post to the campaign. That […]

Highly Debatable

June 18, 2020 · by · in Leadership, Politics · 2 Comments

  The four contenders for the leadership of Canada’s Conservative party square off in an English-language debate tonight, as they did in French last night. Why should you care? If you are a Canadian you should be interested; one of these four will be the next leader of the Official Opposition, and possibly Prime Minister […]

Integrity Versus Elect-ability

January 27, 2020 · by · in Politics, Society, World Affairs · Leave a comment

  It was hardly a secret, but it became official on the weekend: Peter MacKay is running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. He seems likely to win – and I can’t think of a worse choice. It appears the party is confronted with a simple choice: integrity or elect-ability. McKay may […]