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Blair Gibbs

By Blair Gibbs

Blair Gibbs is a public policy consultant and a former advisor to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP.

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A young cannabis plant is shown in Fenwick, Ont., Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press.
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Here's how Poilievre can capitalize on Trudeau's cannabis legacy

The traditional role for conservatives is not to resist all change but to find the best ways to accommodate social change and manage it in the way that best protects communities and liberty. A future Tory government should be proactive and make the market work better for Canadian consumers.

Blair Gibbs - Posted on February 22, 2023
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and military representative to NATO Ben Bathurst leave NATO Headquarters on March 24, 2022. Henry Nicholls/AP Photo.
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Blair Gibbs: Britain will get a new PM in September but will it get better government?

If you allow the PM to be the only politician who matters, the next election suddenly hinges on the electorate’s opinion of one person – making politics in Britain more like America or France.

Blair Gibbs - Posted on August 22, 2022
British Conservative Party member Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Contenders to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were racing Tuesday to clear their first hurdle: amassing enough support from colleagues to make the Conservative Party leadership ballot. Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo.
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The U.K. Conservative Party’s survival instinct is about to be revealed

The challenges facing the U.K.’s next prime minister are unusually daunting. That makes the race for the Tory Party’s new leader all the more compelling.

Blair Gibbs - Posted on July 18, 2022
President Joe Biden, joined virtually by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks about a national security initiative from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo.
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Canada is being left behind. Joining AUKUS would change that

AUKUS is a forerunner for something bigger, but would “CAUKUS” be an alliance that Canada is up for? It would require ambition and vision—two qualities absent in our current political class.

Blair Gibbs - Posted on May 4, 2022
Customers lineup at a government cannabis store on Oct. 19, 2018 in Montreal on the third day of the legal cannabis sales in Canada. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press.
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Blair Gibbs: Three years after cannabis legalization, the sky hasn’t fallen

Cannabis legalization has worked out well in this country for several reasons—not least of which is the fact that Canadians were ready for it.

Blair Gibbs - Posted on July 7, 2021
A vacant commercial location is pictured for lease in downtown Vancouver. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press
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Blair Gibbs: Voters give the benefit of the doubt on COVID-19 — up to a point

Polling suggests the public will give governments the benefit of the doubt for once-in-a-century pandemics, making them non-political events. Until it becomes clear that your country is not keeping up.

Blair Gibbs - Posted on May 10, 2021
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