Canada Strong and Free Network looks beyond federal issues as campaign forces national Tories away from conference

Federal Conservative candidates stay away, but lineup includes swathe of provincial premiers, ex-politicians, and American speakers.

Bari Weiss, left, founder and editor of American The Free Press and self described 'conservative of liberalism,' delivered the headline-keynote address, moderated by John Baird, the former Harper-era cabinet minister, on the first evening of the 2025 Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on April 9.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

April 10, 2025

Although the Canadian conservative movement’s premier annual event returned to the national capital this week, election campaign rules have forced the Canada Strong and Free Network to remain arm's-length from the federal Conservatives for the duration of the three-day pro...

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