Ken Boessenkool

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As Canada moves to a two-party system, the Conservatives need new strategies

As Canada moves to a two-party system, the Conservatives need new strategies

Canadian electoral politics became like Western Canadian electoral politics this week, by moving from a three-party to a two-party system. Across Western Canada, the NDP competes for power with various centre-right parties. Those centre-right parties evolve and reconstitute themselves to remain electorally competitive across four very different provinces.

A green agenda for true blue conservatives

A green agenda for true blue conservatives

There’s a rarely acknowledged reality about climate policy that goes a long way to explaining why conservative parties spend less time focusing on climate issues. And that reality? The environment is a luxury good. There are macro and micro implications to this. The macro implication is that rich and growing countries are better placed to address the environment and climate...