Alex Scholten, co-owner of the Victory Meat & Produce Market Ltd., is shown at his store in Fredericton, Monday, April 10, 2023. Stephen MacGillivray/The Canadian Press.

The Hub Roundtable: The Liberals pick a fight with grocers

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the federal government’s demand of major Canadian grocers to come up with a plan to stabilize prices before Thanksgiving. Is this a sign of economic illiteracy from the government or poll-driven desperation? We also discuss the 2023 Global Progress Action Summit being held in Montreal.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, meets Quebec Premier Francois Legault, Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at the premier’s office in Quebec City. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press.

The time is now for a Conservative and CAQ alliance

Rather than fruitlessly trying to reconcile two irreconcilable visions of conservatism under the banner of a single party, conservatives in Québec and the Rest of Canada should branch out into two separate but affiliated parties: the Conservative Party and the CAQ.

A "Don't Tread on me" flag is waved in front of San Fernando Cathedral during a Religious Freedom protest, Friday, March 23, 2012, in downtown San Antonio. Eric Gay/AP Photo.

The fight over liberty is far from over

In exploring the history of libertarian thought, The Individualists provides a model for understanding how political movements can shift with the contexts they’re in and the personalities that drive them.