Make-or-break May for Conservative contenders

With three high-profile debates among the candidates taking place and the June 3 membership deadline approaching, now is the time to be on your game.

Mistakes or missteps this month could be paralyzing to top candidates like Pierre Poilievre, left, Patrick Brown, Jean Charest, and Leslyn Lewis. Similarly for Roman Baber and Scott Aitchison, this is their time of opportunity, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia, file photographs, and photographs courtesy of Twitter and Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

May 4, 2022

OTTAWA—The Conservative leadership race has gotten real. Wannabe candidates have now fallen out of the competition and six “verified” candidates remain. Just to be clear, they have not been verified as clinically insane for putting their hand up to lead the Conservative Party of Canada, or any...

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