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There are four questions Barack Obama needs to answer tonight. Why, what, how and when. As he lays out his plans for Afghanistan, as he tells the country why he wants it to commit to years of additional warfare and billions of new spending, he needs to answer those questions. Why we should be in Afghanistan. What we want to accomplish there. How we will accomplish it. When we will come home. Here’s my prejudice: We already won in Afghanistan, it’s time to come home. We chased the Taliban out of power, we got Al Qaida out of the country...

Same-Sex, Same Grit Hypocrisy 6-29-05 Even supporters of the same-sex marriage bill should be appalled at the sorry way it was passed last night. Like a bunch of ill-behaved wedding crashers, our politicians have shamefully rushed what should have been a solemn, historic occasion so they could go on holiday. But before Paul Martin and his Liberals head off on a summer-long orgy of congratulating themselves for their bold step in making Canada only the third country in the world to redefine marriage to include gay couples, let's get a few things (pardon the expression) straight: The Liberals' legacy on...

Same-Sex, Same Grit Hypocrisy 6-29-05 Even supporters of the same-sex marriage bill should be appalled at the sorry way it was passed last night. Like a bunch of ill-behaved wedding crashers, our politicians have shamefully rushed what should have been a solemn, historic occasion so they could go on holiday. But before Paul Martin and his Liberals head off on a summer-long orgy of congratulating themselves for their bold step in making Canada only the third country in the world to redefine marriage to include gay couples, let's get a few things (pardon the expression) straight: The Liberals' legacy on...

  The Paul Martin for dummies testLorrie Goldstein Sun, June 26, 2005 Lorrie Goldstein has a quick quiz to find out if you know where the PM stands on the issues -- don't worry, nobody fails GOOD MORNING class, and welcome to Comfy Fur University and our summer seminar, "Understanding Paul Martin, 101." During the next six weeks we'll be studying what the prime minister of Canada says and then trying to figure out what he means. As you can imagine, we have loads of course material to cover and very little time to do it in, so if...

May 12, 2005 EDITORIAL: Fiberal 'fiscal discipline' It's no wonder some Canadians confuse federal and provincial political parties -- especially Liberal ones. Consider: In Ottawa, we have federal Liberals who are desperately making spending promises they can't keep in a bid to cling to power. They keep changing their budget, touting it as the answer to everything ordinary Canadians want, if only we re-elect them when the inevitable election comes -- likely after the budget vote now set for a week from today. Meanwhile, yesterday at Queen's Park, we saw provincial Liberals desperately make spending promises they can't keep,...

  Life in a banana republic May 13, 2005 When did Canada become a Third World banana republic? Consider just a few of the events of recent days: * At the Gomery inquiry, the former director-general of the Liberal party's Quebec wing, Daniel Dezainde, testified Wednesday he felt his "safety was directly threatened" when he ran afoul of a rogue group of party operatives whom, he said, had secretly seized control of the party's fundraising operations. * That was just the latest startling revelation as the public hearings into AdScam also heard testimony alleging witness tampering, kickbacks, influence peddling...

Prime Minister Paul Martin spoke directly to Canadians last night. So now we're going to speak directly to him. Mr. Martin, you and your corrupt Liberal party no longer get to tell us when the next federal election will be. You and your corrupt Liberal party no longer get to portray your crisis as Canada's crisis. You and your corrupt Liberal party no longer get to dictate to Canadians what issues they should care about. So do us all a favour. Stop grovelling, stop apologizing and stop trying to tell us that your latest attempt to save your own political...

WASHINGTON - Early in his first term, President Bush (news - web sites) proposed easing immigration restrictions and establishing a free trade zone throughout the hemisphere. His first two foreign trips were to Mexico and Canada, emphasizing their importance. Four years later, both initiatives are unfulfilled, not even on the agenda as Bush meets Wednesday in Texas with Mexican President Vicente Fox (news - web sites) and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. Instead, the North American leaders will sign a pact pledging to increase border security without hindering the flow of goods or the millions of people that cross the...

I was wondering if those who live in the Crawford area or know Conservative students at the university in Waco could do us Canadian conservatives a favour. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1361388/posts

Mother of Slain RCMP Officer: “It’s Time to take our Liberal Attitude to Task” RED DEER, Alberta, March 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The mother of one of the four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers who were shot dead during a drug bust in Alberta Thursday, spoke to the media Saturday with a powerful message for Prime Minister Paul Martin. “It is time that our government take a stand on evil,” Colleen Myrol said Friday from in front of her home in Red Deer, Alberta. “The man who murdered our son and brother was a person who was deeply disturbed and...

Clark Supports Martin's Decision on BMD Josh Pringle Friday, March 4, 2005 Joe Clark says former Prime Minister Paul Martin did the right thing when he decided Canada would say no to participation in the U-S missile defence program. The former Conservative Prime Minister says there are too many unanswered questions about the U-S plan. Clark compared Martin's decision on Missile Defence to one former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney had to make in 1985 when he rejected a U.S. proposal to have Canada take part in its Strategic Defence Initiative.

Prime Minister Paul Martin personally offended George W. Bush with his handling of the missile defence decision, says a senior American official. And that could make it tougher for Martin to warm frosty political relations when he meets with the U.S. president in Texas this month. A U.S. State Department source told The Canadian Press that Bush is upset Martin didn't tell him personally about Canada's decision not to join the missile plan when the two met at the NATO summit in Brussels last week. The source said Bush asked Martin specifically about the matter during a brief conversation and...

(The original "Mr. Dithers", Paul Martin.)   Poor Frank McKenna. Everybody says that, if anyone can get the Americans back on side, it's Frank. But even before he started his new job this week as our ambassador to the United States, his boss poked another finger in their eye. And now Frank's got to explain why.So much for restoring Canada's clout in Washington. Frank didn't even have enough clout in Ottawa to be told what our policy on missile defence was going to be. Instead, the boss allowed him to reveal that our own ambassador didn't have a clue....

Opposition hammers Liberals on missile decisionCTV.ca News Staff February 26, 2005 Opposition MPs hammered the Liberal government on Friday about why Parliament wasn't consulted in the decision to not join the U.S missile defence program. "The prime minister broke his promise to Parliament when he said there would be a vote," an angry NDP leader Jack Layton told the House of Commons during question period. "Who's going to resign over this fiasco?" Conservative Deputy Leader Peter MacKay, echoed frustrations that Paul Martin's government had acted without bringing the issue before Commons. "The minister of defence, as recently as Tuesday, said...

Ottawa – Canada's rejection of missile defence is a historic shift in its relationship with the United States and could have deep unforeseen consequences, analysts warn. This week's announcement is more significant than Canada's refusal to join fighting in Iraq or Vietnam because, some say, this time the country has rejected a domestic defence plan. One military analyst in Washington says Canada has turned its back on a 67-year-old agreement signed by then-prime minister Mackenzie King and president Franklin Roosevelt to jointly defend North America. "This is a significant policy change, and it will clearly have consequences," says a briefing...