Conservative membership verification process to make high-stakes leadership race even more divisive, say top political players

A 'small army' of Conservative Party staffers are going through hundreds of thousands of party memberships with 'rigour and speed' to weed out fraudulent memberships, says party spokesman Yaroslav Baran.

All Conservative party leadership candidates, including, clockwise from top left, Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, Patrick Brown, Pierre Poilievre, Leslyn Lewis, and Jean Charest will get the preliminary membership list by July 4. The voting list will be finalized by July 29. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and handouts The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and handouts

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BY ABBAS RANA

June 27, 2022

The already tense Conservative leadership race will become even more divisive in the coming days once the candidates receive the preliminary membership list and start to challenge the legitimacy of each other's supporters’ membership. “The stakes are high, they [Conservatives] have a real chanc...

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