Tory delegates vote against anti-abortion resolution, endorse limiting citizenship, as policy convention wraps
Delegates supported removing barriers to interprovincial trade of alcohol, boosting the country’s defence spending to work toward meeting the two per cent of GDP NATO target, moving Canada’s embassy to Jerusalem to recognize it as the capital of Israel, and prohibiting third parties from accepting foreign funding for political purposes.
HALIFAX—Conservative Party delegates railed against being known as “Liberal lite” Saturday, voting to pass a series of policy resolutions aimed at shoring up their base while trying to dodge some social pitfalls that would make it easier for opponents to place targets on their backs in 2019.
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