Family is the guidepost for Charest campaign co-chair Tasha Kheiriddin

For Conservative politico Tasha Kheiriddin, her complicated family's past has shaped her identity. The sense of family that comes with politics has fuelled her political engagement, and having a family of her own is what keeps her grounded.

Tasha Kheiriddin—pictured here at a campaign event at film.ca cinema in Oakville, Ontario—has long been a friend and ally of Jean Charest. While she considered putting her own name in the mix for this Conservative leadership race, she realized her and Charest would be drawing from the same pool of support, and decided to throw her support behind Charest instead. Photograph courtesy of Andre Forget

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

May 4, 2022

The current federal Conservative leadership campaign may well be remembered as a study of contrasts, not only between the candidates—Pierre Poilievre, who’s drawing crowds of those disaffected with the Liberal government, and Jean Charest, who appeals to moderate Conservatives in favour of their...

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