A conservative with bite! That’s just the way we like ‘em here! Today we welcome a new columnist, Gerald Hayes.
Gerald Hayes is an engineer currently living and working abroad. Immersion into other cultures has gained Gerald a varied viewpoint of Canadian politics and a sense of Canada’s impact on the rest of the world. The results are some unusual columns written with the eyes of an ex-pat.
His opening salvo helps to squash one of the many myths surrounding being a conservative. It’s called: “I’m a right-wing extremist. Are you?”
Here’s a snippet (as always, find the column in the Columnist section):
Since this is my first article written exclusively for ProudToBeCanadian.ca, I thought I would help the leftist critics out a bit and save them some time. My name is Gerald Hayes and I am a right-wing extremist. And a radical one to boot!
Wow. Doesn’t that conjure up images of jackboots, brown shirts, and little mustaches? Do visions of swastikas dance in your heads? Or flaming crosses on well manicured lawns? Well, here’s the thing, if you are not liberal then I bet you are an extremist too!
What does it take to achieve these glorious monikers? That is what this column is all about… Call it Gerald’s 5-step plan to achieve extremist splendor.
Gerald’s column will appear here daily for three days, then on a less rigorous schedule after that. Welcome Gerald Hayes!
And while we’re on the topic, our Peter Gnanapragasam penned a good one again today, called “Canadian Values: The Big Liberal Lie”. When you’re right, you’re right. Here’s a snippet:
[…] So what are these Canadian values? I, as a Canadian have no idea what these exclusively Canadian values are. Is tolerance an exclusively a Canadian value? Is openness an exclusively Canadian value? Is honesty an exclusively a Canadian values? How about prudence, fortitude or justice? So what exactly are the abstract ideals that qualify as Canadian values? I don’t know, do you?
All is not lost though. The Liberal Party tells us that Liberals are the best examples of Canadian Values. Liberal Party tells us that Liberal values are Canadian values. So what does the Liberal Party of Canada value?
If values are based on principles, what then are the principles of the Liberal Party?
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