November 1st 2021 - Alberta - Globe and Mail

The battles have been won, and the old political axioms are dead. Carbon taxes are here to stay

The battles have been won, and the old political axioms are dead. Carbon taxes are here to stay

KEN BOESSENKOOL AND MIKE MOFFATT SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED OCTOBER 29, 2021 After more than a decade of hard, public democratic debate between the “no carbon tax” crowd and those advocating for a “carbon tax now,” the…

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October 20th 2021 - Alberta - The Hub

The conservative case against the Reform Act

The conservative case against the Reform Act

Ken Boessenkool | October 20, 2021 We don’t need the Reform Act to tell us that when a caucus gets dispirited with a leader, that leader is toast. Just because something is unpopular, doesn’t make it wrong. Or unwise. And…

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October 14th 2021 - Archive - The Hub

Turn the Senate back into Canada’s house of memory

Turn the Senate back into Canada’s house of memory

Ken Boessenkool | October 14, 2021 Our senators should be a brake on radical changes I don’t recall ever ordering and reading a book by an academic in order to write a column, but I did for this one, and…

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October 12th 2021 - Alberta - The Line

O’Toole can risk adopting a carbon tax … in fact, he has to

O’Toole can risk adopting a carbon tax … in fact, he has to

If the Conservatives are going to win, they need to “hunt where the ducks are” and add voters who didn’t support them last time By: Ken Boessenkool The purpose of a political party is to win elections. It took me…

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September 22nd 2021 - Archive - CBC

For Justin Trudeau, things will almost certainly get worse

For Justin Trudeau, things will almost certainly get worse

This column is an opinion from Ken Boessenkool. He was a senior campaign adviser to former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and has worked or volunteered for Preston Manning, Stockwell Day, Jim Dinning, Ric McIver, and Christy Clark. He is not…

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