The Resurgence of Business in North America USA and Canada

I think the most powerful portion of the speech was when he talked about the "promise of Canada" (which he basically described as intergenerational mobility) as the "most important promise [that] Justin Trudeau broke." Polling suggests that an increasing number of Canadians are concerned about their children's future, supporting this line of thinking.It serves as a critique of the government as well as a foundation for Poilievre's own upcoming policy agenda. "Restoring the Canadian promise" is a powerful message that unites conservatives (I told Globe and Mail columnist John Ibbitson in August 2020 that social mobility is "the very core of modern conservatism"), resonates with the general public, and can manifest in a variety of policy areas such as education, employment, families, housing, immigration, regulations, taxes, and so on. It's encouraging to see Poilievre and his team agree on it as a broad foundation for his policy ambitions.The third section of the speech can be regarded as the "anti-woke" section, which loomed larger than one might have expected, possibly due to the importance of these topics among Quebec conservatives. Poilievre complained of the Trudeau government's general discomfort with nationalistic expressions, as well as its tendency to look down on Canada's past and patriotic sense of identity. He emphasized the necessity for English Canada to adopt Québec's more affirmative view of its own culture and history.

It signals that his criticism of the Trudeau government. 

may take on a more prolonged "anti-woke" tone. There is reason to expect that such posturing will resonate with Canadians, thanks in large part to the emerging notion that progressives have overreached with identity politics. Conservatives must strike a cautious balance between criticizing the intrinsic illiberalism of identity politics based on unchangeable qualities such as race, gender, and sexuality and looking apathetic to rare but continuous incidents of discrimination.The fourth was housing. In terms of policy and politics, he is most effective here. Whether it was intuition or better polls, Poilievre had first mover advantage on the issue for several months, and it showed in his address.He not only understands the causes and factors that have contributed to skyrocketing house prices, but he is ahead of the other party leaders in developing a real plan to solve them. At this moment, it appears that the best Prime Minister Trudeau can hope for is to minimize the issue by effectively looting his main opponent's ideas. However, even this appears to be an implied triumph for Poilievre and the Conservatives.The speech also addressed other concerns such as crime, climate change, defense spending, deficits, and debt. However, these issues paled in comparison to his central message of restoring Canada's "promise."

After a year as Conservative leader, one major lesson from. 

Tuesday night's convention speech is that Poilievre appears willing to stake his political future on the ideals and messaging articulated above. A significant lesson learned over the last twelve months is that those of us in the commentariat should not underestimate such a bet I believe it was in one of Mordechai Richler's writings for the National Post, as opposed to the larger pieces in the New Yorker, but I am not certain because I can't find it online. It's the point in it that sticks with me: if the Fathers of Confederation and Queen Victoria had chosen Montreal instead of Ottawa as the nation's capital, Canada would have avoided much of the drama of its twentieth-century constitutional difficulties.Questions like national unity may be addressed in more serious sections of The Hub, but Richler's suggestion, or at least the thought that Montreal could have been the country's capital, lingered with me as I wandered its streets and ate well in its restaurants during a visit last week. I lived in Montreal as a student when Richler was still alive and well and drinking on Crescent Street, and now that my son is a student there, I am looking forward to visiting more frequently.I live in what has just become the country's largest metropolis.

 Montreal was Canada's metropolis as well as. 

its financial and cultural center throughout the majority of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is where ambitious people from all over Canada and the world have moved, in both languages.Montreal preserves its standing as the metropolis of Quebec and French Canada, however shrunken it may appear from west of the Ottawa River. It has also become a magnet for Francophone immigrants, particularly from France itself. So, regardless of its relative size, Montreal preserves its large city feelings and its status as the country's most urban area.This urbanity and refinement are especially evident in Montreal's dining scene, which rose to prominence in the English-speaking world during the first two decades of this century. A new breed of chef restaurateurs, including as Martin Picard of Au Pied de Cochon and David MacMillan and Frédéric Morin of Joe Beef, have merged the city's Gallic tradition with its image as a party destination.