Conservative MPs divided on how protected they should be from nomination challenges

‘From my personal standpoint, having open nominations is the most fair and democratic way of going about it,’ says Edmonton Conservative MP Michael Cooper.

Conservative MP Michael Cooper, centre, pictured with NDP MP Murray Rankin, left, wants the party to hold open nominations in all 338 ridings for the 2019 election.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

July 17, 2017

Conservative MPs are divided on how much protection they should get from nomination challenges in the run-up to the 2019 election. In May of last year, Dustin van Vugt, executive director of the Conservative Party, informed caucus at a weekly meeting about proposed nomination rules. MPs were told t...

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