Liberal-NDP alliance could have a profound impact on Conservative leadership race

As the Conservative leadership race continues, it will be important to see how the Liberal-NDP alliance unfolds. If it leads to radical measures, or a radicalization of the Liberal Party, the more conservative candidates in the leadership race will have an opportunity to launch pointed attacks on the 'socialist coalition.'

Pierre Poilievre, Jean Charest, Patrick Brown, Leslyn Lewis, Scott Aitchison, and Roman Baber. Should Charest win the leadership, there is the possibility that some small-c Conservatives will bolt to Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada. However, Charest’s supporters would argue that he would gain far more of centrist Liberal voters, than he would lose of hardcore conservatives. This would especially be the case in Ontario and Quebec, where Canadian elections are usually decided, writes Mark Wegierski.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARK WEGIERSKI

May 19, 2022

TORONTO—The somewhat unexpected Liberal-New Democratic Party alliance might have a profound impact on the federal Tory leadership race. First, it will advantage those contenders who are sitting MPs, as they will not have to rely on a sitting member to resign, so they can run to enter Parliament i...

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