Federal Conservatives should look to Ford’s Ontario campaign for a more pragmatic, open-minded approach, say strategists

Ontario's election results show that 'a relatively moderate form of progressive conservatism can lead to victory,' says Carleton political science professor Jonathan Malloy.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Trudeau, pictured in November 2019, have worked together on COVID-19, childcare, and on electric vehicles.
Ontario voters responded to Doug Ford's more collaborative, open-minded approach to politics by sending the Progressive Conservatives to a second straight majority, say both a Liberal and Conservative strategist, but it's not clear if any of the leading contenders for the federal Conservative leader...

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