Conservative Party

• Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole should forget about the idea of mandatory voting

  If this was meant as some trial balloon, Rob Breakenridge says, let’s pop this one quickly: Canada does not need and should not want mandatory voting.

  Commentary

  May 1
• Conservative party looks ahead to possible election with fundraising record

  Federal parties are building war chests for a possible election that could come at any time since the Liberals hold only a minority of seats in the House.

  Canada

  Apr 29
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• Miramichi-area MLA to seek federal Tory nomination

  Stewart was elected four times in the Miramichi area and previously served as Aboriginal affairs minister, but did not receive a cabinet post after the September 2020 election. 

  Politics

  Apr 8
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• Canada should be ready to weather any export issues to deal with China: O’Toole

  O'Toole says Canada needs to diversify into new markets because it's likely to run into more issues with China in the years ahead.

  Politics

  Mar 29
• New Conservative Party president says Erin O’Toole will call the shots on climate change policy

  'It’s the leader who’s going to bring forth our platform, it’s the leader who as prime minister is going to call the shots in a Conservative government.'

  Canada

  Mar 24
• O’Toole talks a good game about change, but let’s see the follow-through

  While it can be challenging for an opposition leader to grab the spotlight, O'Toole's speech to the Conservative policy convention was an ideal opportunity to turn things around.

  Commentary

  Mar 20
• A Conservative government would not cut foreign aid, Erin O’Toole says

  But he said he would look to mirror previous Conservative foreign aid programs that tied funds to specific, measurable outcomes.

  Canada

  Mar 16
• Conservative party convention not hearing policy debates on abortion despite push

  Anti-abortion groups have tried to get several proposals on the agenda, including deleting the existing policy that a Conservative government will not regulate abortion.

  Politics

  Mar 10
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• Former Saskatchewan PC leader says ‘extreme’ views creeping into party’s ranks

  Former PC Party of Saskatchewan leader Ken Grey says members and party leadership pressed him to adopt extreme views, a claim the party denies.

  Politics

  Mar 2
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• Conservatives call for House to declare China’s persecution of Uighurs a genocide

  The move is the latest by the Tories to ratchet up pressure on the Liberal government to move beyond calls for an international investigation and to take action.

  Canada

  Feb 18