Public in-fighting a bad look for a Conservative Party that’s already on the polling ropes

For the benefit of the organization they both hope to lead, addressing the accusation of campaign hacking internally and co-operatively would have seemingly been a better approach for the party.

For Conservative leadership contenders Peter MacKay, left, and Erin O’Toole, right, a joint remedy rather than a family feud for a party struggling to regain its place with Canadian voters is a better path, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times file photograph and photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

June 24, 2020

OTTAWA—The federal Conservative leadership race has gone from boring to utterly bizarre. Erin O’Toole’s campaign is accusing an operative in Peter MacKay’s campaign of stealing data from them. The MacKay campaign denies the accusation, but the O’Toole campaign has brought their accusations...

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