Who’s in charge of the Conservatives?

As long as the CPC keeps getting the sword and shield issues wrong, they will contract, not grow. Mandatory vaccinations should be a sword issue for all political leaders, unless you want to look like the governor of Florida.
Conservative Whip Blake Richards, pictured on Oct. 5, 2021, outside the Sir John A. Macdonald Building where the Conservatives held a six-hour caucus meeting to talk about the election. Last week, he offered the same double talk to justify this silly, reflexive opposition to mandatory jabs. Everyone who is able to should get vaccinated, he said, but no one should be forced to.

HALIFAX—Last week, the Conservative Party of Canada demonstrated once more why it is lost in the political wilderness.

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