The summer of strife has some lessons hiding in plain sight

Federal Conservatives should take stock of the warning coming out of B.C.: internal sniping and griping drives voters away.

If the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, centre, cannot get out of its own way and forge a united path, expect the Liberals to gladly step in and exploit the dysfunction for their own electoral gain, writes Josie Sabatino. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JOSIE SABATINO

September 16, 2026

OTTAWA—For a brief period of time this summer, the drama taking place within the British Columbia Conservative Party appeared to supersede the squabbling happening within the rank and file of the federal Conservative movement.

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