My conservative manifesto

Not that long ago, Conservatives, stinging from electoral defeat and unceremoniously dumped from power, staged an agonizing retreat from our nation’s capital. But now they’re back.

Conservative activists and thinkers are back in Ottawa, congregating this week for the annual Manning Centre Conference, hosted by Preston Manning, pictured. If you’ve never heard of it, the Manning Conference is an event where people on the right side of the ideological spectrum meet to discuss and debate everything from mundane political tactics to lofty philosophical ideals.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

February 22, 2016

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Not that long ago, Conservatives, stinging from electoral defeat and unceremoniously dumped from power, staged an agonizing retreat from our nation’s capital. But now they’re back. Or at least conservative activists and thinkers are back in Ottawa, congregating this week for t...

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