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@Ak-eater06: While recognizing the rationale for removing a few of the new additions, I don't understand the removal of Rachel Marsden, who is identified as "a Canadian conservative political columnist and television commentator" in the article, especially since she seems to be fairly influential and has written for the Toronto Sun etc. Trakking (talk) 16:20, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:Trakking the article lead is not always accurate. Just because she wrote for the Toronto Sun doesn't mean her work revolves around Canadian conservatism. The article doesn't even mention her views on Canadian political issues. Ak-eater06 (talk) 16:25, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My position is that Canadian conservatism cannot be understood as an entirely separate phenomenon from US conservatism, since the two nations constitute North America and influence each other. It would be a different thing to mix together US conservatism and British conservatism, where the association is more loose. Trakking (talk) 16:33, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Add a "Works" sub-section?

Containing e.g.:

• Who Killed Canadian History? (1998)

Biohistorian15 (talk) 06:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! There are two works in the ”Related” section that could be added there as well. Trakking (talk) 06:51, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Roggenwolf (talk) 12:08, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Future additions?

A special concern section and or at least set of sub-entries in the "Related" section could potentially center around the following:

• Hate speech laws in Canada
• Freedom of expression in Canada
• Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act
• Human rights complaints against Maclean's magazine
• An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (i.e. Bill C-16)

Other entries I am quite unsure about:

• Christine Douglass-Williams
• Maclean's

They should likely not be added as they currently are framed, but this may well change with future versions. Roggenwolf (talk) 12:14, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additions

Under "Politicians" section

• Joe Clark – PM, influential cabinet minister, returned as head of PC Party in the late 1990s
• Bill Davis – Long standing Ontario PC Premier of Ontario

Should they be added to the template? Imperatorhobbes (talk) 03:10, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As no one has responded to this for a few days, I am going to add them. Imperatorhobbes (talk) 16:20, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]