The Conservative leadership campaign, as viewed by a ‘blue Liberal’

From lessons Peter MacKay should have long learned, to Erin O’Toole’s confusing partisan swing, there’s a lot to look at.
John Baird
Former cabinet minister John Baird, pictured in Davos, Switzerland, in 2015, is said to be considering a run for Conservative Party leadership. He could be a dream candidate, if the party’s more socially conservative arm can overlook his personal life, writes Andrew Caddell.
OTTAWA—In this cold and snowy month of February, people in the capital clearly need to preoccupy themselves with some sort of parlour game to keep the conversational juices flowing and have something to do indoors. So it is that—with the end of the sideshow to the south that was the impeachment ...

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