Conservative leadership debates: it’s not all about you, Kevin

O’Leary seems to be ducking debates because they don’t benefit him. The problem is he isn’t running to be the head of the O’Leary Party, he is running to lead the Conservatives.

Kevin O'Leary speaks at the Manning Centre Conservative Party leadership debate on Feb. 24 in Ottawa. Mr. O'Leary said he preferred the Manning Centre debate format, but the party refused to switch to it from its established process for the Feb. 28 Edmonton debate, so he bowed out.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

March 1, 2017

OTTAWA—The official leadership debates of the Conservative Party of Canada have been pretty lame thus far, in that there is no debate. However, as painful as they are in format, it is reasonable enough to assume that the official candidates of the party should actually show up for them. They are ...

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