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Tory delegates vote against anti-abortion resolution, endorse limiting citizenship, as policy convention wraps

Delegates supported removing barriers to interprovincial trade of alcohol, boosting the country’s defence spending to work toward meeting the two per cent of GDP NATO target, moving Canada’s embassy to Jerusalem to recognize it as the capital of Israel, and prohibiting third parties from accepting foreign funding for political purposes.

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August 25, 2018

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