Conservative MP Kent wants party to ditch membership fee

Conservative MPs are concerned a $940 convention fee will negatively affect turnout.

Three-term Conservative MP Peter Kent wants his party to make party membership free of charge. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

April 18, 2016

Conservative MP Peter Kent is planning on arguing to get rid of the party's membership fee at the Conservative policy convention in Vancouver next month, while he and other Conservative MPs are also concerned turnout for the gathering might be low because of the high cost of attending. Mr. Ke...

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