Two former Tory national councillors push back on party’s ruling of early leadership review

If the national council doesn't overturn the ruling, supporters of the e-petition will take it to the party's arbitration committee, or go to court, say Conservative sources.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has come under fire from some in his own party after making an ideological pivot, then failing to gain any ground in the last election.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

December 6, 2021

Two former national councillors, who are pushing for an early review of Erin O'Toole's leadership, are challenging party president Robert Batherson’s ruling that Conservative Sen. Denise Batter’s e-petition calling for the review to happen in the next six months is “unconstitutional.” In a ...

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