Anti-abortion group wants Conservatives to give riding associations power to fire MPs, to veto leadership’s call on nomination contests

Campaign Life Coalition needs the support of at least 100 delegates from 100 different ridings to force a vote at the March 18-20 policy convention.

More than 3,000 delegates are expected to attend the March 18-20 virtual convention of the Conservative Party. Around 4,100 delegates are eligible to attend as voting delegates.The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen

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BY ABBAS RANA

March 10, 2021

A prominent anti-abortion group is vying to get support from elected delegates across the country to force a vote on a constitutional amendment at the Conservative Party’s upcoming policy convention that would empower riding associations to veto the leadership’s d...

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