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Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he's confident his party will maintain broad support across Alberta — and possibly turn the only non-Conservative riding in the province blue — if an election is called in short order.

Patrick Johnston has been having flashbacks about his own unhappy experience in federal politics as he watches attempts by anti-abortion groups to influence the outcome of next week's Conservative convention.

Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole pushed back against attempts to link his party to Trump-style politics on Sunday, January 17, 2021, saying there is "no place for the far right" in the Tories while accusing the Liberals of divisive dirty tricks.

Newly elected Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, that as leader, and as a prime minister, he will stand up for the rights of women and the LGBTQ community, and he intends to apply that fighting spirit to all his files.

A failure to clearly articulate positions on social conservative issues and a weak climate change plan are often cited as reasons the federal Conservatives failed to woo enough voters to win the last federal election.

Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer chuckled on Friday, May 15, 2020, when asked if he wishes he had done anything differently during his time at the party's helm.

As Canada continues to combat the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, women's rights advocates say not enough focus has been placed on the unique and often disproportionate impact the pandemic is having on women.

The federal government has introduced legislation that would impose a blanket ban on causing a child to undergo therapy aimed at altering their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Signs began to emerge on Friday, December 13, 2019, that the coming race to replace outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will be an acid test for whether social conservatives have a place in the Conservative Party of Canada.

Regina resident Dennis Amon says federal Conservatives have a reputation to "eat their own," but he had hoped for a different outcome for his member of Parliament, Andrew Scheer.

Ongoing efforts by senators to distance themselves from party politics took another turn on Monday, November 18, 2019, as a Conservative senator quit his caucus over concerns about the party's leader, and an attempt by the last senators sitting as Liberals to officially rebrand themselves ended.

One-time and possible future leadership contender Peter MacKay says the "stinking albatross" of Andrew Scheer's social conservative values cost the Conservatives the election.

The announcement last week that the only private abortion clinic in New Brunswick would close its doors has made abortion a tangible issue in the federal election and highlighted regional barriers Canadians face accessing the procedure.

Both the Liberal and Conservative leaders faced attacks on Thursday, October 3, 2019, that target the cores of their characters, as each accused the other of trying to distract voters from his record.

Andrew Scheer says he is personally against abortion, but promised a Conservative government under his leadership would not reopen the debate.