My political philosophy has three core beliefs: fiscal conservatism, social progressivism and Canadian nationalism. I will devote a blog entry to each. In this blog I will briefly discuss why I am a fiscal conservative. Fiscal conservatives advocate balanced budgets,...

Running for a seat in the House of Commons is like a year long job interview. If the people think you can do the job, you have a shot. If not, well not so much. It took a very long time for me to decide to run. I began considering seeking office in the years after...

A democracy is only as good as the people who participate in it. I started out as a volunteer in 1971. A few months before the 1971 election my grade school class went on a field trip to the legislature. After watching one afternoon session of the assembly I was...

Since I was a child I have had the thought of entering politics in the back of my mind.  Until now, for a variety of reasons about family and career, the time was never right.  Now it is. I have really enjoyed practising law the last twenty plus years.  The...