Peter MacKay

Peter MacKay
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Kevin O'Leary? Get real.

Kevin O'Leary is great. He says stuff that needs to be said, but he is no leader and he's not a good fit for the Conservative Party. Read for yourself...but keep your thinking cap on.


http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/michael-den-tandt-why-fire-breathing-kevin-oleary-is-a-good-fit-for-conservative-leader

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Good article about the CPC leadership race...

Finally starting to hear some news about the leadership race.


http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/01/09/new-conservative-leader-has-big-task

BRAD WALL IS OUT!

Listen up folks...Brad Wall is NOT running for CPC leadership. He's got an election to win in Saskatchewan in April. Saskatchewan is still undergoing the cultural shift of leaving the NDP in the dust.
I've said for a long time that the Saskatchewan Party needs to win a third term in order to entrench lasting cultural change in the province. Brad Wall needs to do it. Brad Wall can do it and Saskatchewan will be better off for it forever.
Wall is a regional phenomenom and he will best achieve things by staying that way.

Huffington Post article below...
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/01/08/brad-wall-conservative-leadership-race_n_8940888.html

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Jan 22 - Get your tickets.


Excellent article with new interview!

Taking a break from runs to daycare and swimming lessons for his young son, former Conservative justice minister Peter MacKay was reflecting on law, politics, and life at the crossroads. “I want to be able to have more flexibility in my career and my private life, to be able to spend time with them — especially at this young age,” confided MacKay. “These are very formative years, as everyone knows. And so my preference is not to delve immediately back into the practice of law where I would be working commensurate hours as I was as minister of justice and not see them.”Taking a break from runs to daycare and swimming lessons for his young son, former Conservative justice minister Peter MacKay was reflecting on law, politics, and life at the crossroads. “I want to be able to have more flexibility in my career and my private life, to be able to spend time with them — especially at this young age,” confided MacKay. “These are very formative years, as everyone knows. And so my preference is not to delve immediately back into the practice of law where I would be working commensurate hours as I was as minister of justice and not see them.”

MacKay took everyone by surprise last May when he announced that he would serve out his term as justice minister, but wouldn’t run again as MP for Central Nova in order to spend more time with his wife Nazanin Afshin-Jam, their son Kian, 2, and their daughter Valentia, who was born in September.

But while MacKay, 50, is only five years away from being able to collect an estimated $128,832 a year in pension after his 18 years as an MP, he says he has no intention of remaining idle.

MacKay’s experience in three ministerial portfolios — justice, foreign affairs, and defence — makes him an attractive candidate to law firms. While he was prohibited from even broaching the subject with prospective firms until after he formally finished as justice minister in October, it wasn’t long before his phone started to ring. In December, MacKay said he was in “advanced discussions” with a number of law firms with a “large national/international reach” but would not reveal any names.

However, he is a political animal and often mentioned as a possible future leader of the Conservative Party. Introducing former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney at Toronto’s conservative Albany Club in November and penning an op-ed in the National Post further fuelled speculation his departure from politics is a hiatus — not a retirement. When it comes to returning to politics, though, MacKay is coy. “I don’t

MacKay took everyone by surprise last May when he announced that he would serve out his term as justice minister, but wouldn’t run again as MP for Central Nova in order to spend more time with his wife Nazanin Afshin-Jam, their son Kian, 2, and their daughter Valentia, who was born in September.

But while MacKay, 50, is only five years away from being able to collect an estimated $128,832 a year in pension after his 18 years as an MP, he says he has no intention of remaining idle.

MacKay’s experience in three ministerial portfolios — justice, foreign affairs, and defence — makes him an attractive candidate to law firms. While he was prohibited from even broaching the subject with prospective firms until after he formally finished as justice minister in October, it wasn’t long before his phone started to ring. In December, MacKay said he was in “advanced discussions” with a number of law firms with a “large national/international reach” but would not reveal any names.

However, he is a political animal and often mentioned as a possible future leader of the Conservative Party. Introducing former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney at Toronto’s conservative Albany Club in November and penning an op-ed in the National Post further fuelled speculation his departure from politics is a hiatus — not a retirement. When it comes to returning to politics, though, MacKay is coy. “I don’t......

http://canadianlawyermag.com/5874/Law-politics-and-life-at-the-crossroads.html