Harper’s hard right turn. Paul Wells at his best. Chock full of examples…Rights and Democracy, Youth for Christ Winnipeg, Catholic Register and womens rights, Insite, The Manning Centre, Institute for Marriage and Family Canada (Focus on the Family Canuck style) and more.

One minor beef, Charles McVety being referred to as Dr. McVety.

Taken together, all this news gives heart to Canadian conservatives who vote on other matters besides budget balance. Of course, some of the biggest fights of old—over abortion, gay marriage, the death penalty—remain far outside the bounds of ordinary political debate in Canada. Social conservatives have had to content themselves with incremental victory. But it had been many years since they could expect even that. Conservatives who vote on faith, family and criminal justice felt so left out by Brian Mulroney’s governments that millions of them fled to Reform and smaller groups like the Christian Heritage party. Now they are back, rubbing elbows with power, not always running the show but never ignored. They have not had so much good news from Ottawa in half a century.