The Tory leadership race wears on—yet the work has barely begun
Candidates are seen on stage during a federal Conservative Party leadership debate, in Vancouver on Sunday, February 19, 2017. (Darryl Dyck/CP) They’re punch-drunk now, with seven gruelling weeks still...
View ArticleWhy a divided Conservative Party cannot stand
Progressive Conservative leader Peter MacKay (left) and Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper address the media at a news conference announcing a merger deal with the two parties, in Ottawa Thursday...
View ArticleHow ‘Mad Max’ Bernier went from comic relief to Tory front-runner
QUEBEC, QUE.: MARCH 9, 2017 — Conservative candidate for the leadership Maxime Bernier shakes the hand of Marie-Jos»e Mathieu at a coffee shop in St.George on Thursday March 9, 2017. ORG XMIT: 58215...
View ArticleInside Kevin O’Leary’s investing fund misadventure
Kevin O’Leary is flanked by Steven Blaney, left, and Kellie Leitch at the Conservative leadership candidates’ debate, in Halifax on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan In 2008,...
View ArticleHow a new Tory leader can beat Justin Trudeau
People make their way to the Conservative leadership debate in Saskatoon, Wednesday, November 9, 2016. (Liam Richards/CP) The memberships have been sold, the ballots are about to be mailed out, and the...
View ArticleErin O’Toole and Kellie Leitch take divergent campaign approaches
Kellie Leitch speaks during the Conservative leadership debate at the Maclab Theatre in Edmonton, Alta., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Codie McLachlan) OTTAWA – When Nobel Peace Prize...
View ArticleWhat young Tories really think about their leadership candidates
This post originally appeared at Chatelaine. “Energetic millennial” is not exactly what pops to mind when most people think of the Conservative Party of Canada. The Tories have always been known as...
View ArticleTrump dairy talk prompts fresh debate amongst Canada’s Conservatives
Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier has welcomed U.S. Donald Trump’s swipe at the Canadian dairy industry, saying that it’s not just American farmers who are losing out.THE CANADIAN...
View ArticleWhat’s the deal with Kevin O’Leary?
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View ArticleA movement of ‘radical moderates’ takes shape in Halifax
Scott Gilmore leads a discussion before dinner at Cafe Chianti in Halifax, N.S. on Monday, April 24, 2017. (Photograph by Darren Calabrese) I flew into Halifax on Monday evening dreading the dinner I...
View ArticleKevin O’Leary drops out of Conservative race
Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary addresses a Conservative Party leadership debate Monday, February 13, 2017 in Montreal. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson) OTTAWA – Celebrity investor...
View ArticleO’Leary’s campaign chair: Tories need a unifier, not a disruptor
Conservative Party leadership candidate Maxime Bernier (left) looks on as Kevin O’Leary addresses a news conference in Toronto, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. (Nathan Denette/CP) Kevin O’Leary’s surprise...
View ArticleFarewell to Kevin O’Leary, a man who didn’t come back for you
Television personality and businessman Kevin O’Leary takes part in a panel discussion of ABC’s reality series “Shark Tank” during the 2013 Winter Press Tour. (Gus Ruelas/Reuters) Days after the...
View ArticleConservative leadership candidates target Maxime Bernier in debate
Conservative leadership candidates shake hands following the Conservative Party of Canada leadership debate in Toronto on Wednesday April 26, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette OTTAWA – The...
View ArticleGoogle search data proves it: the Tory leadership race is dull
(Ben Nelms/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Quick: Name all the candidates still standing in the Conservative leadership race. Some Tory insiders are reportedly so disillusioned with the crop currently...
View ArticleWhy the Conservative Party should remain optimistic
(Cole Burston/Bloomberg/Getty Images) In the last week of April, 13 people took turns on a stage in the Bluma Appel Theatre, in Toronto’s St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, to talk about the future of...
View ArticleThe view of Canadian conservatism outside the Ottawa bubble
National politics looks very different from the back of a Winnipeg pub. I’ve been living in Ottawa for more than a decade. I can walk to Parliament. Most of my friends are federal bureaucrats,...
View ArticleRona Ambrose says so long to federal politics
Surrounded by members of caucus, Rona Ambrose speaks after being named as the interim-leader of the Conservative party following a caucus meeting Thursday November 5, 2015 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/CP)...
View ArticleKevin O’Leary would have role in Bernier-led Conservatives
Conservative Party leadership candiidate Maxime Bernier (left) looks on as Kevin O’Leary addresses a news conference in Toronto, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, after it was announced that O’Leary had quit...
View ArticleRona Ambrose will not vote on her replacement
Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose gestures while speaking to delegates during the 2016 Conservative Party Convention in Vancouver, B.C. on Thursday May 26, 2016. (DARRYL DYCK/CP) OTTAWA – Rona...
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