MacKay’s opt-out likely benefits Bernier most

Quebec comes second only to Ontario in terms of its weight in the leadership ballot box. None of the other declared candidates has anything approaching a profile in Quebec.

Peter MacKay's decision not to enter the Conservative leadership race may help Maxime Bernier, pictured, but Mr. Bernier’s Quebec colleagues have not rushed to line up behind him. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

September 21, 2016

MONTREAL—With Peter MacKay and Jason Kenney on the sidelines of the Conservative leadership battle, a critical number of votes are up for grabs in the campaign to find a successor for Stephen Harper. When the party gathered for a national convention last spring, most of the delegates were not rea...

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