Pierre Poilievre casts a big shadow cabinet
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s hefty 71-member shadow cabinet includes both former leadership rivals and loyal followers, along with a new role: shadow minister of red tape reduction.
Conservative leadership race
Feds can tackle affordability and climate change at the same time, says Steven Guilbeault
As affordability woes dominate the national political conversation, the Liberal environment minister says climate change is linked to cost-of-living concerns and will remain high on the federal government’s agenda.
Pierre Poilievre’s horseshoe strategy
One thing should be abundantly clear by now: Pierre Poilievre is playing to win, and he’s not to be taken lightly, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
We still haven’t learned from our COVID-19 mistakes
The news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contracted COVID-19 — again — should serve as a reminder that the virus isn’t done with us, even if a growing percentage of the population has decided they’re done with it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Pierre Poilievre is racking up the most endorsements in the CPC leadership race. But will it matter?
A historical analysis of leadership contests from decades past yields mixed results when it comes to the value attributed to front-runner status.
How the Liberal-NDP agreement could impact the Conservative leadership race
Whether or not the Liberal-NDP pact will actually keep the federal government in power until 2025 remains to be seen, but in the short term, it promises to change the dynamics of the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, one poll analyst says.
O'Toole moving quickly to put stamp on federal Conservative party
It took Erin O'Toole less than 12 hours to go from winning the Conservative leadership race early on Monday, August 24, 2020, to taking his seat behind the boss's desk in the Official Opposition office, moving swiftly to begin building a team to guide his party in the months ahead.
Court gives Conservative leadership candidate a new chance
An Ontario court has put another curve into the long and winding road of the Conservative leadership race, potentially adding a fifth candidate to the ballot with three months left in the contest.
Conservative campaigns weave tangled webs of allegations
With 10 days to go to sign up voters for the federal Conservative leadership race, all four contenders are intensifying efforts to shore up support.
MP Erin O'Toole joins Conservative leadership race
Ontario MP Erin O'Toole is expected to lay out his vision for the federal Conservative party and why he's the one to run it in an online video being released today, January 27, 2020, that officially kicks off his second attempt to become Conservative leader.
Scheer stuck on dual citizenship while promoting tough-on-crime agenda
Andrew Scheer was out promoting his plan to tackle gang-related violence on Friday, October 4, 2019, but found himself on the defensive about his dual citizenship and other tight spots instead of the signature Conservative tough-on-crime agenda.
Scheer makes a smart move to exclude Kellie Leitch
Foolishly, Kellie Leitch thought that Donald Trump's messages of hate would work here in Canada, writes Bea Vongdouangchanh. Now, Trump is the laughingstock of the world
Bernier still raised more than Scheer in final sprint of Conservative race
Newly released figures from Elections Canada show the Quebec MP raised $426,329 in the second quarter of 2017.
Scheer's beliefs at odds with millennials, says pollster
In his first speech to the House of Commons on Monday, new Conservative leader Andrew Scheer said his cues will come from Canada's soccer fields, legion halls and grocery stores.
