Turn the Senate back into Canada's house of memory
Creeping independence is making our partisan politics weaker and our politicians dumber.
To succeed in the modern age, conservatives must emphasize social conservatism
The pandemic offered Conservatives a chance to robustly defend the use of the institution of government to support families and communities. Instead, they fell back economic conservatism and populist tendencies — and found themselves well outside the mainstream.
Ken Boessenkool: The time has come for a new family agenda
In the coming decades, Conservatives must apply the tried-and-true agenda of free markets, subsidiarity and comparative advantage to a new priority: strengthening Canadian families.
Ken Boessenkool: The good, the bad and the opportunity in the federal child care plan
By injecting dollars into provincial programs prior to reaching agreements with the provinces, Ottawa has gotten things a little backwards. Still, there are good reasons to think we can muddle towards a better outcome if they really want to do so.