July 2014

Manning Centre: Broadbent Institute program "the single greatest threat" to conservatism

Well, it looks like the Broadbent Institute is striking fear in the hearts of conservatives.

I'd say that's a job well done.

Take a look at this video we got our hands on from the 2014 Manning Centre Networking Conference back in March.

This is the preeminent annual gathering on the conservative calendar. Many of Canada's highest profile conservative politicians and foot soldiers come together at this event and plot out their strategies for the year.

The speaker's name in this video is Dimitri Pantazopoulos.

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Canada's over-hyped jobs recovery

The Conservative Party recently launched the “We're Better off with Harper” campaign with the claim that “with over one million net new jobs created in the recovery, Canada's economy is on the right track – thanks to the strong leadership of Stephen Harper and Canada's Conservatives.” 

There have indeed been more than one million jobs created since mid-2009 when the recovery began. But the job market in Canada is still far weaker than was the case before the recession.

The national unemployment rate in...

Fact check: putting the Conservatives' "million net new jobs" into context

The Conservative Party recently launched the “We're better off with Harper” campaign with the claim that “with over one million net new jobs created in the recovery, Canada's economy is on the right track – thanks to the strong leadership of Stephen Harper and Canada's Conservatives.”

The number in that claim is carefully chosen, and taken in isolation is factually correct. In the five years of recovery from June 2009 to June 2014,...