Conservative leadership candidates Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole wasted little time on Thursday, April 30, 2020, leaping back into full campaign — and attack — mode after new fundraising numbers highlighted their potential neck-and-neck status as the contest got back underway.
Ontario Conservative MP Derek Sloan held to his leadership campaign slogan of being "Conservative without apology" and refused on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, to heed the demands of his fellow MPs to apologize for remarks questioning the loyalty of the country's chief public health officer.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer refused on Thursday, April 23, 2020, to address controversial comments by a member of his caucus who is also seeking to replace him as leader.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer refused Thursday to express confidence in Canada's chief public health officer, arguing the need to question her decisions around the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the reasons Parliament must resume.
"We're not the problem. We can throw all our car keys in Halifax harbour, turn down the heat, turn off the lights, walk around naked in the dark eating organic beets and it won't make a difference."
- Peter MacKay, Conservative Party leadership hopeful, February 2020 as reported by CBC
Conservatives are accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of stacking Canada's courts with Liberal partisans, pointing to a recently appointed judge who has donated almost $26,000 to the governing party over the past 14 years.
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.
After a more than four-year hiatus from politics, former cabinet minister Peter MacKay officially launched his bid to capture the leadership of the federal Conservative party before an enthusiastic hometown crowd in Nova Scotia.
When it comes to potential candidates for Conservative leadership, Bryan Brulotte isn't exactly an outsider. He's been involved in conservative politics for nearly three decades.
The director of fundraising for the federal Conservatives has taken over as acting executive director of the party as it continues to grapple with the fallout from the resignation of leader Andrew Scheer.