Place your bets, it’s a real race, now

At the heart of the race for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada is the question of whether the Conservatives want to govern or if they want to sit in perennial Opposition.

Stephen Harper, left, and Jean Charest pictured together in 2009. The Conservative party's leadership race is a fight for its future, with True Blue Tories and Red Tories in opposing camps. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

March 14, 2022

OTTAWA—It’s official. There really will be a race for the Conservative leadership. For political watchers from all sides, that is a good thing. We really will be able to witness the fight for the heart and soul of the Conservative Party. Frontrunner Pierre Poilievre has already laid down the ...

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