Heard On The Hill

As O’Toole looks to centre Conservatives, party greenlights former Liberal P.E.I. minister as Conservative candidate

Plus, three former Harper-era Hillites are hoping to mobilize Conservative voters who live overseas.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured at left on Jan. 25, has tapped a former Liberal provincial health minister, Doug Currie, pictured at right in October 2020, to run for the party in the next vote.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Doug Currie's Twitter

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BY PALAK MANGAT

February 1, 2021

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole got a bit of a boost recently in his plan to frame the party as one that sits "squarely in the centre" of the political spectrum. A former Liberal health minister for the province of Prince Edward Island, Doug

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