Pausing CPC race was the right move, and campaigns should seize the chance to retool

Hopefully, the pause in the campaign will allow the candidates to come back with a focused pitch, not to just to Conservatives, but to Canadians in the tough new world we find ourselves in.

Conservative leadership contenders Peter MacKay, Erin O'Toole, Leslyn Lewis, and Derek Sloan. They should all park the notion floated prior to the pandemic that in the fall the first order of business will be a confidence vote, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Twitter and Facebook

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

April 1, 2020

OTTAWA—The Leadership Election Organization Committee (LEOC) of the Conservative Party eventually made the right decision last week in deciding to postpone the leadership vote originally scheduled for June 27. The official reasoning the party provided was that staff resources and logistical chall...

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