Membership rules leave door open to marauders

Hostile takeover attempts by issue activists could become common event

OTTAWA--In 1998 David Orchard jolted conventional party politics. He targeted left-leaning, single-issue activists from the environmental and anti-free trade movements, signed up 12,000 new members, and found himself in a second ballot run-off with Joe Clark for the leadership of the Conservative...

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