Next Conservative leader must stop internal sniping before it becomes a ‘cancer’ that will destroy the party, say political insiders

‘Unity is the way to go,' says Keith Beardsley, former deputy chief of staff to former prime minister Stephen Harper.

Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay, left, and Conservative MP and former cabinet minister Erin O'Toole are the front-runners in the Conservative Party leadership contest. As well, leadership candidates Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis and Conservative MP Derek Sloan will play key roles in the outcome of the race, say Conservative insiders. The Hill Times file photographs

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BY ABBAS RANA

July 6, 2020

The next leader of the federal Conservatives will have to take immediate steps to stop sniping between rival camps within the party, before it draws public attention away from the COVID-19 pandemic and becomes a "cancer" for the party, warn political insiders. “Right now, it's inside baseball,�...

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