The letter also said 'certain regimes' were targeting Canada with state-sponsored disinformation campaigns that aimed to create doubts about the origins of the COVID-19 virus.

Conservative MP Michael Chong said this past week's virtual consular visits to Micahel Kovrig and Michael Spavor should have happened much sooner

Scheer is presiding over 26 more MPs than he had when he took over leadership of the party in 2017.

The Tory leadership race came to an end tonight with Scheer, a former Speaker of the House of Commons, narrowly beating out long-time favourite Maxime Bernier.

There's only one day left before the Conservative leadership comes to an end.

"Our job as a Conservative caucus is to work together. So I think as of Monday it's not going to be an issue."

The last time Conservative party faithful gathered en masse in Toronto it was to hear from former leader and prime minister Stephen Harper.

Conservative leadership candidate Michael Chong isn't giving up hope of a dark-horse victory in the final weeks of the hotly contested race.

“Beating Trudeau is everything.”

O'Leary said discussions included the idea of Bernier being given a position akin to a deputy prime minister.