conservatives

Who will lead the Conservative Party now: The ’brilliant’ Rona Ambrose? The critic Peter MacKay? Jason Kenney!? The race is on.

Andrew MacDougall: Andrew Scheer’s fate lies in the hands of the Conservative membership, and it’s not exactly representative of Canada today

John Geddes: His leadership under fire, Scheer says division is weakness—although it’s worked for his party in the past

Paul Wells: The party aims to build a winning coalition, stay united and infuriate Liberals. Only one person has done it in the last 30 years.

Stephen Maher: How the Conservative leader survived the first caucus meeting, as the party splits over the handling of social issues

Andrew MacDougall: When Scheer was asked if he believes being gay is a sin, he couldn’t say ’no’. It’s a major political problem in Canada in 2019.

Philippe J. Fournier: A riding-by-riding breakdown of the election results shows the Conservatives’ biggest weaknesses—and a troubling urban-rural divide

Andrew Potter: In our liberal society, gay rights will not be denied or ever turned back. It’s something any leader of Canada has to get their head around.

Paul Wells: There is a lot of wishful thinking that goes into a decision to remove a leader. There’s also the cold reality.

On a West coast swing, 10 days before Election Day, the electoral landscape suddenly changed. The Liberals were vulnerable, Scheer was finally smiling.