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Raitt, Chong, other Conservatives met to talk environment, policy, party’s direction after Scheer victory
By Peter Mazereeuw November 6, 2017
But an effort to get a new socially progressive conservative organization up and running appears to have fizzled out.
Conservative MPs Michael Chong, left, and Lisa Raitt were among a group of conservatives who met to discuss party policy after Andrew Scheer, right, beat them and nearly a dozen other candidates for the leadership of the party in May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photographs
Conservative MPs Lisa Raitt and Michael Chong were among a group of conservatives who gathered in Toronto in June to talk about the direction and policies of the Conservative Party of Canada, fresh from the selection of Andrew Scheer as the party’s new leader.
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