Geoffrey Corfield is a card-carrying member of both The Conservative Party of Canada (federal) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (provincial). Canada is just over 37 times bigger than New Zealand. It is divided into 10 provincial and three territorial jurisdictions, three of which are smaller than New
Andreas Fulda University of Nottingham Global attitudes towards the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are hardening. In 2019, the European Union declared the PRC a “systemic rival” amid rising trade tensions. In May 2020, the White House published a paper that described the US’s competitive approach to the
David Said University of Guelph Every year, Muslims around the world celebrate the month of Ramadan with a combination of fasting, prayer and spiritual reflection. This year, however, due to the coronavirus outbreak and worldwide lockdowns, Muslims, like many other religious groups, had to rethink their customs by adhering to
Alwyn Poole From being so long in education I tend to think about what we are saying to our young when adults make decisions and how much we encourage them to think deeply about issues. Apart from the stupidity of our current economics, I heard Grant Robertson regarding Olympic protests
The cancel culture continues with the BBC withdrawing the famous ‘Don’t Mention the War’ episode of Fawlty Towers from streaming. An episode of Fawlty Towers from which the N-word and other offensive terms had previously been cut has been taken down from the BBC’s Netflix-style streaming
Well, we can’t say we weren’t warned. The most obvious thing about the wave of riots sweeping America for the past few days is just how organised they are. This is no more a “spontaneous uprising” than the Reichstag fire was a random act of terror. Which is
Geoffrey The Prime Minister of The United Kingdom tested positive for the China Virus. The Prime Minister of Canada did too. The Prime Minister of The United Kingdom went into isolation, and then into the hospital, and is now out and working. The Prime Minister of Canada went into isolation
Dave Pellowe davepellowe.com Lockdown apologists have been crowing about Swedes “admitting their approach was wrong on COVID-19”. The only problem is, as usual, they’re not basing their conclusions on real evidence. Reports from The Guardian and New York Times, two former newspapers (each as biased as epidemiological
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Geoffrey It’s not a great time to be a conservative in Canada. Or even a Conservative (a federal conservative anyway, conservative parties hold power in seven of the ten provinces). But federally we’re outgunned. After the 2019 federal election, the scandal-plagued, incompetent, leftist Liberal government of Prime
Doug Firby troymedia.com Veteran political commentator Doug Firby is president of Troy Media Digital Solutions and publisher of Troy Media. Sometimes they’re right if you think about something like pooling our tax dollars to build roads we can all use or building a health-care system accessible to
The Ardern government’s stance on Huawei and 5G is increasingly causing New Zealand to stand alone as a weak point in the critical Five Eyes security alliance. Where the division over Huawei will leave the Five Eyes alliance is anybody’s guess as one notable rift has already occurred.
As reported in The BFD, Britain’s decision to bar Huawei from its 5G network currently leaves New Zealand standing alone as the only member of the Five Eyes alliance to allow the Chinese company to access its 5G network. The only member of the alliance to make up its
The pressure will be on the Ardern government to once more reverse its policy on allowing Huawei to access its 5G network, following a stunning reversal from the UK. Britain had previously allowed the Chinese-owned telco, accused of conducting espionage for the Chinese Communist Party, to participate in building
