New Tory leader needs to prioritize GTA region in next election to win, say former Conservative candidates

More than 30 GTA Conservative candidates of record have formed an informal group to push leadership candidates to make the area a priority in the next election. In 2021, the Tories only won seven of 57 GTA seats.

Past Conservative leaders including Erin O'Toole, centre, and Andrew Scheer, right, have treated the GTA region as a 'lost cause' say Conservative candidates of record. The party is currently led by Candice Bergen, left. The new leader will be announced on Sept. 10.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

March 14, 2022

If the Conservatives want to form government after the next federal election, they will have to treat the 57 GTA ridings as a priority, and not as a “lost cause” like they did in recent general elections, says a group of influential GTA Conservative candidates from 2021. “The GTA candidates o...

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