A user’s guide for what comes after the Tory leadership race

The new leader will want to step smartly and not make early mistakes or fall into the traps of their political opponents.

What the new leader says and how he or she recognizes those they battled with over the last half year will matter to the audience that’s watching them make their first remarks on Saturday, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

September 7, 2022

OTTAWA—The six-month-long Conservative leadership race, barring some unforeseen circumstance, ends this weekend. This time next week, they will have their third “permanent” leader in three years. Losing professional hockey coaches have had longer tenures than recent CPC leaders. Will the new l...

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