Conservative leadership race

2022 - 9 - 9

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A new Conservative leader will be elected today. Here's what to ... (CBC.ca)

The Conservative Party of Canada will elect a new leader today after a months-long race that was characterized at times by high drama and partisan ...

ET on CBC Radio One and the CBC Listen app. There's a strong resolve to support the new leader and make the case for change," Batherson said. They'll be waiting to see how Pierre Poilievre positions himself and the party." Listen to CBC Radio's special coverage, live from Ottawa, hosted by Susan Bonner and Catherine Cullen. ET. ET on CBC TV. Batherson said bitter leadership campaigns are nothing new. ET on CBC News Network, CBC Gem and the CBC News app, and at 6 p.m. And it may be years before the new Tory leader gets the chance to take on Trudeau in a general election because Both candidates have framed the election as a fight for the party's identity — with the more moderate Charest on one side and the solidly right-wing and populist Poilievre on the other. "There will be a button pressed and poof, we'll see the tabulation." To avoid a repeat of the last leadership election — when

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Canadian Conservatives look to populist to challenge Trudeau (The Washington Post)

Pierre Poilievre has railed against "gatekeepers" and the political establishment. He's also a product of it.

By the next federal election, which is not expected until 2025, Trudeau’s Liberals will have been in power for a decade and voters could be fatigued and open to a change. … The personal attacks have really been basically whether someone is legitimately part of the party” and a reflection of the divisions between its factions. Right-wing populism is not new to Canada; it has a long history in the prairies. In that role, he oversaw changes to Canada’s elections laws that critics said would disenfranchise voters and curtail the independence of the chief electoral officer. He became the federal democratic reform minister in 2013. He’s now in his seventh term, after first winning election in 2004 to represent an electoral district in the Ottawa suburbs. The vote, which uses a ranked ballot, is restricted to dues-paying members of the Conservative Party. But the enthusiasm for the leadership race didn’t translate into success against Trudeau and his Liberal Party. “All the races are going to get scrappy, but particularly early in the race, the attacks were so negative. (Brown denied wrongdoing; he accused the party, without evidence, of working to ensure Poilievre was elected.) His campaign says it has signed up more members than the entire Conservative Party in the previous two leadership races. A veteran politician, he has pitched himself as more moderate than Poilievre, able to expand the party’s big blue tent while keeping its various factions united.

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Conservative leadership race: A look at the candidates as contest ... (Globalnews.ca)

Expectations are high for veteran Conservative Pierre Poilievre, who ran a populist campaign around the theme of "freedom" in his bid to win the race.

The Brampton, Ont., mayor was disqualified from the race in July over an allegation that he may have contravened federal election law, which he has denied. Whoever scores more than 50 per cent of the points wins. So she’s gonna be my second choice, but Pierre’s my first choice.”’ Charest’s campaign has said it believes he has enough support in Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic Canada to secure the points he needs to win, a victory the campaign admits would be narrow. Poilievre would be the first to do it since Harper, who won on the first ballot in 2004 in the party’s first leadership race. [Conservative](http://globalnews.ca/tag/conservatives) Party of [Canada](https://globalnews.ca/tag/canada) will announce its next leader in Ottawa tonight, after candidates and supporters spent the past seven months on its third leadership contest in six years.

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The Conservative Party leadership race is Pierre Poilievre's to lose (The Globe and Mail)

Globe and Mail columnist John Ibbitson explains what the allure of Poilievre is and how it will shape the Conservative Party going forward.

[new leader on Saturday](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-conservative-leadership-vote-canada/) evening. Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, Jean Charest, Leslyn Lewis and Pierre Poilievre were all competing for the job, but it’s widely expected that Pierre Poilievre [will win](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-poilievre-will-win-as-he-ignores-critics-focuses-on-normies/) the race. [John Ibbitson ](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/john-ibbitson/)explains why Mr. [The Decibel](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/) on your favourite podcast app or platform: [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-decibel/id1565410296?utm_source=globeandmail&utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&utm_campaign=decibel_mkt), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/3qYDbRr9geEsFkkwkq3oeL?utm_source=globeandmail&utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&utm_campaign=decibel_mkt), [Amazon Music](https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/41787d0e-cbd2-4d33-96e5-506ca588241b/the-decibel?utm_source=globeandmail&utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&utm_campaign=decibel_mkt), [Stitcher](https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-decibel?utm_source=globeandmail&utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&utm_campaign=decibel_mkt), [Google Podcasts](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9UR2NsWDk4cA==?utm_source=globeandmail&utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&utm_campaign=decibel_mkt), [iHeartRadio](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-decibel-81650306/?utm_source=globeandmail&utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&utm_campaign=decibel_mkt), [Pocket Casts](https://pca.st/6yr6jcgb?utm_source=globeandmail&utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&utm_campaign=decibel_mkt) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDecibel?utm_source=globeandmail&utm_medium=podcastepisodepage&utm_campaign=decibel_mkt). Poilievre is the favourite to win, what it signals for the future of the Conservative Party and the broader implications to Canadian politics. For the best listening experience and to never miss an episode, subscribe to

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How Pierre Poilievre rose to front-runner status in the Conservative ... (National Observer)

Leveraging divisive, polarizing issues has catapulted Pierre Poilievre into position as front-runner in the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership race, ...

One generalization about the current polarization in politics attributes it to broad attitudinal differences between rural and urban and Alberta can be compared to the States with gun control for example where the majority is actually urban and against much of the current right wing platform. The immediate lunge to the right began a palpable exodus that has registered in the CPC’s deceasing ability to win elections—three in a row, now. The real problem is that the Liberals don't have much of a message either. Like Scheer, O'Toole, and now Pollievre, the very last thing we need in Canada is a PM or Party Leader who thrives on polarization and conspiracies. to keep us on the path to climate breakdown and chaos for the sake of money, profit, greed and control), we know he's a fake who's just in it for the celebrity and power. The problem for "moderate" Conservatives is that they have only one policy plank and it's largely dead. Many Conservatives, for instance, are all about protectionism to keep jobs in the country. Boilievre's despicable record with the "Unfair Elections Act" makes him more than just "Republican adjacent" but a lot of people don't know about that, or that Harper's cons are responsible for the very first attack ad in Canada. So when WEF's Klaus Schwab wrote about a "great reset" -- using Covid as the opportunity to stop doing so many things that are killing us -- the conspiracy nuts had a heyday.) And I think that the picture becomes pretty clear.” He says this was one of the rare times a majority of the political science community spoke with a unified voice. The results of the leadership race are to be announced Sept.

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