Future Conservative Party unity hangs on post-victory leadership approach

Whoever wins on Sept. 10 must be ready to pivot from the pugilism of campaigning to the assuaging of bruised egos and broken dreams of those who lost.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, left, Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis, former Quebec premier Jean Charest, former Ontario MPP Roman Baber, and Conservative MP Scott Aitchison are running for Conservative leadership. The skills and abilities of the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, along with how they are deployed, will determine whether the CPC remains united, divided, or fragments, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and handouts

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

August 10, 2022

OTTAWA—In recent days, as the Conservative leadership contest draws to a close, more is being written and said about the need for Conservatives to be unified post race. Those are natural, normal, and smart calls to make. Teams, political or otherwise, don’t win unless they have a working chemist...

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