A tale of two conventions

Conservatives—even though they fell from a greater height in the last election—are on a faster track to recovery than the New Democrats.

Conservatives vote at their party's convention in Vancouver on the weekend. Former Harper chief of staff Ian Brodie is second from left at the head table. Though the party lost last year's election, the convention had almost celebratory undertones, says Chantal HébertTwitter photograph courtesy of the Conservative Party of Canada

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

June 1, 2016

VANCOUVER—Little could be more different than the post-election conventions the New Democrats and the Conservatives have held this spring. The first featured the summary execution of leader Thomas Mulcair at the hands of party members and an unresolved divisive battle for the soul of the party. T...

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