Aug 10 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Lou Kuiack, a mother of two living in Alberta, filled out her voting ballot for the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leadership race but originally waited before sending it in the mail.
Aug 2 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — The Conservative Party of Canada has confirmed that leadership candidates Pierre Poilievre and Leslyn Lewis will be fined $50,000 for refusing to attend a third official debate in Ottawa on Wednesday. “The rules of the race as set out by the Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) stipulate clearly that all officially designated debates are mandatory. […]
Aug 2 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre has raised more money than all his opponents combined in the months of April, May and June. He also has more than twice the number of individual donations than Jean Charest, Leslyn Lewis, Roman Baber, Scott Aitchison and recently disqualified candidate Patrick Brown altogether, according to the latest fundraising numbers […]
Jul 22 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Nexus enrolment centres in Canada, shuttered temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic, have remained closed for weeks longer than expected due to an ongoing dispute with the United States over “legal protections” for U.S. staff at the centre, including the ability of American customs officers to carry firearms.
Jul 21 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Federal Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre has announced he would approve any revived proposal to allow jets at Toronto’s City Centre airport if he becomes prime minister. The push years ago by Porter Airlines to allow jets at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport faced fierce opposition, primarily from waterfront resident organizations championed by local city […]
Jul 20 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — The main organizers of a conference of moderate Conservatives meeting in Edmonton next month to discuss policy ideas say the initiative is harmless. Others aren’t so sure, and see it as an effort that could potentially undermine presumed frontrunner Pierre Poilievre’s leadership. Centre Ice Conservatives, a group founded by Alberta businessman and former federal party […]
Jul 15 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Federal Conservative leadership hopefuls might be summoned by the party to take part in another official debate in coming weeks – but only if members want them to. Ian Brodie, chair of the committee overseeing the leadership race, sent an email to members on Friday morning asking them to voice their opinion on the subject […]
Jul 12 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Patrick Brown’s campaign confirmed on Tuesday that it endorses Jean Charest as federal Conservative leader in hopes of defeating Pierre Poilievre, with Charest promising to offer a “home” to the tens of thousands of politically homeless Brown supporters.
Jun 25 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Justice Canada says it should have consulted the inquiry looking into Canada’s worst mass shooting in history instead of withholding critical information from them for nearly four months. This admission of fault came on Friday after the Mass Casualty Commission confirmed that it did not receive the entirety of RCMP superintendent Darren Campbell’s handwritten notes, […]
Jun 23 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Two more federal Conservative leadership campaigns are casting doubt on presumed front-runner Pierre Poilievre’s claim of selling 312,000 memberships, with one campaign asking the party to investigate a “misleading” Poilievre email.
Jun 21 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Conservative leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre is threatening to remove direct federal research and other grants from Canadian universities if they do not commit to protect academic freedom and free speech from “campus gatekeepers.”
Jun 15 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre’s campaign issued a formal complaint to the Conservative Party of Canada alleging paid-for party membership fees and other undeclared expenditures by opponent Patrick Brown’s team, the National Post has learned.
Jun 14 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — The email, with the title ‘Membership status: incomplete,’ allegedly caused some panicked members to buy a second membership on Poilievre’s portal. “Do you know what’s going on???” This is an example of the flurry of messages sent to Conservative leadership hopeful Leslyn Lewis’ team by supporters who were left confused and panicked by an email […]
May 31 2022 — Catherine Lévesque — National Post — Social conservatives are much more cautious about who they support, after having done so for Erin O’Toole who then pushed them to the sidelines. Will social conservatives play a role in Pierre Poilievre’s possible path to victory in the Conservative leadership race? Conservative MP Garnett Genuis, an advocate for social conservatives in the party, said […]