Conservatives’ survey has would-be candidates worried O’Toole will change nomination rules to reward loyalists

The party is asking members if they think it’s more important to select a candidate who has the ‘greatest opportunity to win,’ or to have an open nomination process.

Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured Nov. 18, 2021, on the Hill, is now facing allegations of 'conditioning' party members to change the nomination process to reward his loyalists outside of the caucus.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

November 29, 2021

A survey sent by the Conservative Party to its members has some would-be candidates and senior Tories worried that Leader Erin O'Toole is laying the groundwork to further centralize the nomination process, and pick and choose candidates who he likes. In a survey sent out to grassroots members of th...

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