Gerry Nicholls
Gerry Nicholls is a director for the Society for Quality Education.[1] His biography on the SQE website is as follows:
- Gerry Nicholls is one of Canada’s most prominent defenders of our economic and political freedoms. For more than twenty years he was a senior officer at the National Citizens Coalition, Canada’s largest independent pro-free market advocacy group. While at the NCC Gerry directed the group’s political strategy and oversaw its communication campaigns. Gerry now works as a freelance writer and as an independent political consultant. His columns on political affairs have appeared national newspapers including the National Post, The Globe and Mail, and the Sun Media chain. Currently Mr. Nicholls is a Senior Fellow with the Democracy Institute.[2]
Contents
Publications
Books
- Gerry Nicholls, Loyal to the Core: Stephen Harper, Me and the Ncc, published by Freedom Press Canada, 1 March 2009.
Articles, Opinion & Comment
2014
- Gerry Nicholls, 'How to embrace a problem: Conservatives can use bad polls to fundraise', The Hill Times, 30 July 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Harper’s stance on Israel is good politics: Gerry Nicholls', The Hill Times, 28 July 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Activist Centrism: Canada’s new ideology', The Hill times, 21 July 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'A fundraising experiment the NDP should avoid', The Hill Times, 14 July 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Harper’s not your typical federal leader', The Hill Times, 7 July 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'How to win an election in two easy steps', The Hill Times, 30 June 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Gerry Nicholls on his hazy, lazy, political predictions', The Hill Times, 23 June 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Forced dues blues, unions risk triggering public backlash against political activities: Nicholls', The Hill Times, 16 June 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Why I can’t write a Harper ‘tell all’ book', The Hill Times, 9 June 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Political grudge match: ideologues vs. professionals', The Hill Times, 2 June 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Trudeau’s drive for ideological purity', The Hill Times, 26 May 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Harper’s a political warrior, and that’s okay', The Hill Times, 19 May 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Trudeau and Wynne, two Liberals boldly going in different directions', The Hill Times, 12 May 2012.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Why Harper doesn’t care if the media like him', The Hill Times, 5 May 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'The irrational politics of tribalism', The Hill Times, 28 April 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'The ideology of public broadcasting', The Hill Times, 21 April 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Trudeau’s middle-class conundrum', The Hill Times, 14 April 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'How to deal with a scandal', The Hill Times, 7 April 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'The secret to Harper’s success', The Hill Times, 31 March 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Emotion drives Quebec election debate', The Hill Times, 24 March 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Fair Elections Act probably contains flaws, but not anti-democratic evil', The Hill Times, 17 March 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Harper still stands on firm ground', The Hill Times, 10 March 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Trudeau’s strategic box has escape hatches', The Hill Times, 3 March 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Manning Centre has wrong focus', The Hill Times, 24 February 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Convention resolutions tell us what makes Liberals tick: national strategies', The Hill Times, 17 March 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Senate reform leaves voters cold', The Hill Times, 10 February 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Budget day important, despite Olympics', The Hill Times, 3 February 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Donor fear keeps Tory dollars flowing', The Hill Times, 27 January 2014.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Gerry Nicholls: what the party leaders must do in 2014', The Hill Times, 13 January 2014.
2013
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Reviewing the year in politics (sort of)', The Hill Times, 16 December 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, ‘Teddy Bear’ Trudeau shows his fangs, The Hill Times, 9 December 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Don’t count Harper out yet', The Hill Times, 2 December 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Ford a train wreck aboard Titanic about to be hit by Hindenburg', The Hill Times, 25 November 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Trudeau resisting urge to be mean', The Hill Times, 18 November 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Stephen Harper: Conservative Caesar', The Hill Times, 11 November 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'How to survive a political scandal', The Hill Times, 4 November 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Harper and the media: natural enemies', The Hill Times, 28 October 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'PM Harper speaking three political languages', The Hill Times, 21 October 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Can Trudeau turn back the clock?', The Hill Times, 14 October 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'What if Throne Speeches weren’t dull? That’s a good one', The Hill Times, 7 October 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'New book explains how politicians shop for votes', The Hill Times, 30 September 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'PQ strategy just might work', The Hill Times, 23 September 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'NDP must wage war on Trudeau', The Hill Times, 16 September 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Canada’s political deck riddled with wild cards', The Hill Times, 9 September 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Harper fears Trudeau but he won’t cower before 2015, he’ll fight', The Hill Times, 2 September 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Attack the message, not the messenger', The Hill Times, 26 August 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Political poverty not what it’s cracked up to be', The Hill Times, 19 August 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'When it comes to the CBC, Harper and base on different channels', The Hill Times, 12 August 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Trudeau needs to fine-tune his character', The Hill Times, 6 August 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Long-term view needed to judge Conservative ads', The Hill Times, 29 July 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Conservatives seek to make change a nasty word: Nicholls', The Hill Times, 22 July 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Politicical fundraisers face difficult task', The Hill Times, 15 July 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Good ideas engage people, not political scorecards', The Hill Times, 8 July 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Let’s remember the good federal political apples too', The Hill Times, 1 July 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Hey Conservatives, I told you so!', The Hill Times, 24 June 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Don’t expect much from Reformania', 17 June 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Harper doesn’t like surprises, Senate expenses scandal throws him for a loop', The Hill Times, 10 June 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Why scandals don’t always stick', The Hill Times, 3 June 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Scandal or no scandal, Tory base will stay True Blue', The Hill Times, 27 May 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Tax bureaucrats vs. free speech', The Hill Times, 20 May 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'In politics nice is okay, but tough is better', The Hill Times, 13 May 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Forcing Canadians to finance propaganda wrong', The Hill Times, 6 May 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Poll that says negative ad a failure tells us little', The Hill Times, 29 April 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Is Justin really an angel?', The Hill Times, 22 April 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Farewell to political heroes', The Hill Times, 15 April 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Rumours of Tory revolt greatly exaggerated', The Hill Times, 8 April 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Defining Harperism', The Hill Times, 1 April 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Mulcair plots under the radar', The Hill Times, 25 March 2015.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'To beat Trudeau, laughter is best strategy', The Hill Times, 18 March 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Onward online soldiers', The Hill Times, 11 March 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Liberal debates are dull, but good for democracy', The Hill Times, 4 March 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'How the Harper Conservatives changed the political game: Nicholls', The Hill Times, 25 February 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Politicians should steer clear from trendy movements ', The Hill Times, 18 February 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Why Liberal money loves Trudeau', The Hill Times, 11 February 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Intelligentsia disappointed with democracy', The Hill Times, 4 February 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Hate to bring it up, but Canada has a serious deficit', The Hill Times, 28 January 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Harper a skilled practitioner of political jiu-jitsu', The Hill Times, 21 January 2013.
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Trudeau campaign highlights failure of campaign finance laws', The Hill Times, 14 January 2014.
2012
2011
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Union bosses bashing democracy in Ontario', Canada Free Press, 14 March 2011.
2010
2009
2008
- Gerry Nicholls, 'Harper suffering from a bad case of amnesia', The Interim, March 2008.
Affiliations
As at February 2010:[3]
Resources
- Making Sense with Nicholls (Personal blog)
Notes
- ↑ Who we are, SQE website, accessed 15th february 2010
- ↑ Who we are, SQE website, accessed 15th february 2010
- ↑ Who we are, SQE website, accessed 15th february 2010
