4+ hour, 2+ min ago   (758+ words) Remarks accusing fellow conservatives of being ‘eastern liberal lobbyists’ are, his detractors claim, unbecoming of a leader. They divide a party sorely in need of unity and demean individuals who have given much to the conservative movement. This is difficult…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (588+ words) Last week, the Globe & Mail ran a controversial but fascinating piece by Andrew Coyne on Canadian conservatives’ relationship with patriotism. ‘In virtually every other democratic country, patriotism is the province of the right. Only in Canada has it been the…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (670+ words) Without Diminishment John Bonnett: Fixing a country in search of itself The insights of Harold Innis. The first in a two-part long-form feature. In recent years, conservatives, especially Canadian conservatives, have revived a conviction that was self-evident and should have…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (956+ words) Last week, I posted the following on X: Remember that you owe your loyalty first to other Canadians (even those with whom you disagree), before giving it to conservatives in other countries — no matter how much you might share their ideology....

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (1310+ words) Nations will devise any number of values and ideas, both good and bad. But the nation is always older. What makes a nation is a people defined by a shared heritage, history, and habits, to name only a few characteristics....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (360+ words) The last major popular treatment of John Graves Simcoe, the man who oversaw the creation of English-speaking Canada and tried to end the pernicious practice of slavery, occurred in the 2015 AMC television series ‘TURN: Washington’s Spies’. Purporting to be a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (239+ words) Without Diminishment | Substack Watch: How Ottawa uses 'safety' as a Trojan horse for control, with John Carpay W.D. Managing Editor Alexander Brown and John Carpay from the JCCF analyse Canada's new censorship suite. Are Canadian civil liberties under siege on multiple…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (312+ words) My heart goes out to my disconsolate comrades-in-arms, it really does, but I just don’t get it. My friend and quondam campaign trench mate, Ben Woodfinden, has declared himself ‘more depressed about the state of conservative politics in Canada right…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (180+ words) In the latest episode of the Without Diminishment video podcast, Managing Editor Alexander Brown and Deputy Editor Kate Marland analyse the profound, often hidden costs of modern ‘progress’. Marland argues that systemic, anti-family propaganda has eroded foundational family structures and…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (192+ words) Before I dive in, I want to offer two caveats. The first: that I am ultimately grateful that this conversation is being had and that my intention with any of my interjections on the matter should not be construed as…...