Five things to watch for in Tory leadership race

The top three favourites are polarizing figures whose signature policies divide the party and have moderate appeal within the caucus of 97 MPs.

While Maxime Bernier is garnering much support from membership in his bid to be Conservative leader, he is not popular among fellow Conservative MPs from Quebec, largely because of his support for ending agriculture supply management, writes Chantel Hébert.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

April 3, 2017

MONTREAL—Now that the deadline has passed for Conservative rivals to sign up new members for the May leadership vote, here are a handful of observations on the fluid state of play in the battle for Stephen Harper's succession: 1. There are still 14 names on the Conservative ballot, but a consensu...

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