Conservative stalwart Joseph Ben-Ami is campaign manager to Brad Trost
Conservative MP Brad Trost is looking to support from social and cultural Conservative members in his hopes to be elected the next leader of his party, which will be decided in May. A dozen Conservative leadership contenders took part in a televised debate in Saskatoon, Sask. on Nov. 9, with more declared and even more expected […]
Conservative leadership candidate Obhrai says he received emails telling him to ‘leave Canada’ after Leitch released immigration plan
Long-time Calgary Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai says his early opposition to fellow Tory MP Kellie Leitch’s plan to screen refugees, immigrants, and visitors to Canada for anti-Canadian values sparked angry emails to his MP office telling him to leave the country. Mr. Obhrai immigrated to Canada 39 years ago, and is now vying for the […]
First Conservative leadership debate touches on Trump and taxes
Kellie Leitch wasn’t wasting any time. “I have common interests with Mr. Trump,” declared the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Simcoe-Grey on Nov. 9, at the party’s first leadership debate before a vote in May. She was referring to United States president-elect Donald Trump, who won the U.S. presidential election the […]
Kellie Leitch wants to be lightning rod, Raitt looking to future, says Nik Nanos
The only two women in a current field of 12 Conservative leadership candidates could emerge as the leading options for the Tory rank and file as voting day nears, says Nanos Research pollster Nik Nanos. The choice will likely be clear, Mr. Nanos told The Hill Times on the eve of the contest’s first all-candidates […]
Leitch’s fundraising swells in September during ‘Canadian values’ controversy
Conservative MP Kellie Leitch’s explosive proposal to screen refugees, immigrants, and visitors to Canada for “Canadian values” didn’t hurt her fundraising campaign in September—in fact, contributions boomed that month after having plunged like a stone over the summer, party financial reports to Elections Canada suggest. Though a handful of her opponents in the race to […]
Montreal businessman Fournier, who manages $55-billion in assets, considering run at Conservative leadership
PARLIAMENT HILL—Daniel Fournier, a well-known Montreal businessman, Rhodes scholar, former CFL football player, and president of an international real estate investment company with assets worth $55-billion, is considering running for the Conservative Party’s leadership, sources told The Hill Times. Mr. Fournier, 62, chair and chief executive officer of Ivanhoé Cambridge, a real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et […]
‘There’s some big cracks coming into Liberal mandate,’ Conservatives’ electoral chances in 2019 have improved in recent months, says O’Leary
Businessman and television personality Kevin O’Leary is still considering a run at the federal Conservative leadership, and says the odds have improved lately of him or whoever becomes leader beating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the 2019 election, despite the Liberals’ current polling numbers. “There’s some big cracks coming into the Liberal mandate,” he said […]
‘We’re in full leadership swing,’ Scheer campaign getting hand from MP supporters, says Marshall
When Conservative MP Andrew Scheer threw his hat into the increasingly packed Conservative leadership race on Sept. 28, he was flanked by 17 Conservative MPs and three Senators. His campaign manager Hamish Marshall says they’ve been an important source of help and active supporters of campaign efforts ever since. “A lot of the support we’re […]
Maxime Bernier ahead in leadership poll of Conservative party members
Quebéc MP Maxime Bernier is leading the pack in a national survey of card-carrying Conservatives eligible to vote when the official opposition party selects a new leader next May, a Forum Research poll indicates. Sixteen per cent of Conservatives across the country would select Mr. Bernier as the best person to become the permanent leader […]
Steep fees for Tory leadership race means more candidates will drop by 2017: Clement
Tony Clement was the first Conservative leadership candidate to back out of the race, but he says he won’t be the last. Backing out last week because of fundraising challenges, Mr. Clement told The Hill Times he’s certain others will be forced to do the same when faced with paying the full $100,000 fee due to […]
