canadian alliance

The Canadian Alliance had lived on by name and logo thanks to Mexico’s Nueva Alianza. This week, that party too will cease to exist.

The aw-shucks demeanour of the new leader of the opposition and the federal Tories belies his complexity, and maybe his electability, too

Paul Wells on how Harper told his party that Canadians think like they do. The hubris was almost Liberal in its scope.

The former leader of the Canadian Alliance won’t seek reelection

Among other curiosities in TVO’s new archive—for instance, a teenage Tony Clement discussing drugs in 1982—there are four vintage clips of Stephen Harper.

Eleven years before he declared himself and his side to be “Canadians first and only,” Stephen Harper declared his allegiance to an Alberta quite apart from Canada.

Parliament’s first week back will see a war of narratives as Harper fires up his big guns: the budget and the Throne Speech

Officially it is called the Airport Travellers Security Charge. Introduced in 2002, it was reduced from $24 to $14 in the Liberal government’s budget for 2003. Hansard shows two references to the charge from Stephen Harper, Canadian Alliance leader and leader of the opposition at the time, during the session of Parliament when that budget was tabled, the first of which links to this speech, delivered in response to that budget.

‘Jacques Parizeau!’ Mr. Harper yelped. ‘Weaken this country!’

But honestly, given the exquisite irony of this Globe story, how can I, in good conscience, not break out that cliche?

First response from the Little Shop of Hey, Why Don’t We Go Back To Talking About The Carbon Tax? Wasn’t That Fun?: