Conservative Party’s not a credible opposition today

We are all losers in the decline of the Conservative Party as a source of serious ideas for a more successful Canada. A healthy democracy needs a credible opposition to hold the government accountable and to be a government-in-waiting when the time arrives for a change.

CPC leadership contenders Peter MacKay, Erin O'Toole, Leslyn Lewis, and Derek Sloan. What on Earth is happening to the Conservative Party? Is it determined to become increasingly irrelevant on the big issues facing Canada? Or are Conservatives simply hoping that the country will someday tire of the Liberals so that they can win by default, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, file photo, and photographs courtesy of Twitter

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

June 8, 2020

TORONTO—What on Earth is happening to the Conservative Party? Is it determined to become increasingly irrelevant on the big issues facing Canada? Or are Conservatives simply hoping that the country will someday tire of the Liberals so that they can win by default? We are all losers in the decline...

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