The party of Stephen Harper isn’t going anywhere

The former prime minister's fingerprints are all over the leading contenders to replace Andrew Scheer atop the Conservative Party.

Former prime minister Stephen Harper co-founded the Conservative Party alongside then-Progressive Conservative Party leader Peter MacKay. He remains a hugely influential figure in the party. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

January 27, 2020

HALIFAX—With the disappearance of Jean Charest from the Conservative leadership race, Justin Trudeau has been dealt another ace by a party that can’t seem to get over Stephen Harper. Unless a meteor enters the political firmament—someone new and estimable not now on the candidate radar screen...

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