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OttawaWatch 160: A Buckley setting for Cadman.

Article synopsis: Reflects on the life of William F. Buckley who was considered the ?patron saint of conservatism?, and best known as the founder of the conservative weekly National Review. In addition, the articles discusses the book Like a Rock: The Chuck Cadman Story by Tom Zytaruk, about the former MP from Surrey North in British Columbia, who had allegedly been offered an insurance policy in exchange for casting a deciding vote to defeat the then Liberal government of Paul Martin.

OttawaWatch 161: Four pillars in Cadman's case.

Article synopsis: Continues the discussion of Chuck Cadman, former MP from Surrey North in British Columbia, who had allegedly been offered an insurance policy in exchange for casting a deciding vote to defeat the then Liberal government of Paul Martin. The article addresses Prime Minister Stephen Harper who promised to sue Liberals, Stephane Dion, Michael Ignatieff and Ralph Goodale for libel through four lens: the ethnical, political, religious and cultural implications of the case.

OttawaWatch 162: What should they have said?

Article synopsis: Further discussion on the Chuck Cadmen case, former MP of Surrey North in British Columbia who had allegedly been offered an insurance policy in exchange for casting a deciding vote to defeat the then Liberal government of Paul Martin. The author discusses reader responses from previous articles on the case with a suggestion of what Conservative members Tom Flanagan and Doug Finley should have included in their conversation with Chuck Cadman on May 19, 2005.

OttawaWatch 165: The rock that moved.

Article synopsis: Further discussion on the Chuck Cadmen case, former MP of Surrey North in British Columbia who had allegedly been offered an insurance policy in exchange for casting a deciding vote to defeat the then Liberal government of Paul Martin through the lens of the review of Tom Zytaruk's book Like a Rock: The Chuck Cadman Story.

OttawaWatch 286: Peter, Peter, Helena and Rahim.

Article synopsis: Disucsses both interviews by Peter C. Newman from Maclean's Magazine and Peter Mansbridge with Helena Guergis, former minister of state for the status of women, who asked questions regarding Guergis/Jaffer story and the ramifications it holds for Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the federal Conservatives.

OttawaWatch 73: Free speech and mirror images.

Article synopsis: Discusses the argument that free speech was being denied by Canada’s just-elected Conservative minority government in relation to Mark Tushingham, an Environment Canada scientist claims.

OttawaWatch 74: Mulroney and the crunchy cons.

Article synopsis: Reflects on environmental politics and green initiatives in relation to a dinner where former Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was honoured for being environmentally aware though Conservatives are not environmental advocates.

OttawaWatch 90: As others see us.

Article synopsis: Discusses and contextualizes articles in Canadian publications that focus on on evangelical and other conservative Christians who are politically active.