‘More than crowd counts,’ Charest campaign says it’s focused on membership sales, while Poilievre’s campaign attracts big crowds

The Jean Charest campaign will hit the fundraising milestone of $300,000 in the coming days which is the required amount to officially enter the leadership election, says Michelle Coates Mather.

Former Quebec premier Jean Charest, pictured in 2018 at the Rideau Club. The Jean Charest leadership campaign has been working diligently to build a social media following for their candidate. The campaign is also signing up hundreds of members everyday.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

April 11, 2022

Membership sign-ups play a critical role in the outcome of any leadership election campaign, and this is the reason why Jean Charest's campaign has been focusing chiefly on signing up new members, not on “crowd counts.” “Even more than PR and crowd counts, what matters are membership sales, r...

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