The national Conservative party says it has 269,469 members eligible to vote in the current leadership race.

With the growing list of international brands, including Coca-Cola and Lululemon, choosing to boycott Facebook ads, should political institutions do the same?

A veteran politician who once served as House leader in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government was named the interim leader of a political party seeking for Western Canada to secede from the rest of the country.

Presumed front-runners Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole used every chance they had to poke holes in each others' records and promises, while Derek Sloan and Leslyn Lewis struggled to be heard.

A former executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada has been hired to serve in the same capacity for the United Conservative Party in Alberta, the party announced on social media Friday.

The decision comes after an Ontario court ruled Wednesday that Karahalios could be a candidate if he met certain conditions previously laid down by the party within 14 days.

Anyone planning to cast a ballot for the Conservatives' new leader has to be a registered party member by midnight.

"The result will be announced as soon as those ballots can be properly processed and examined by scrutineers while respecting any health guidelines in place at that time."

Jim Karahalios was disqualified from the contest in March, over allegations he made about a rival campaign.

There will be a time and place for this leadership race, Rob Breakenridge writes, but that's not our reality at the moment.