Weak French alienates crucial Quebec support

The next Conservative Party of Canada leader may not be able to count on the division of the non-conservative vote to win seats in Quebec in 2019.

Conservative candidates Chris Alexander, Maxime Bernier, Andrew Scheer, Erin O'Toole, Lisa Raitt, Andrew Saxton, Michael Chong, Brad Trost, and Deepak Obhrai. If the federal Conservatives are looking for a leader liable to hold his or her own against Justin Trudeau in a French-language election debate in 2019, then more than half of the current contenders for Stephen Harper's succession are wasting their time, writes Chantal Hébert. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

December 12, 2016

If the federal Conservatives are looking for a leader liable to hold his or her own against Justin Trudeau in a French-language election debate in 2019, then more than half of the current contenders for Stephen Harper's succession are wasting their time. Based on Tuesday night's bilingual debate, o...

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