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National Column: Conservatives show little regret after Scheer win
by Chantal Hebert For all the talk about a split party and the possibility that all was not right with […]
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National Column: O’Leary kingmaker gambit a gamble
by Chantal Hebert With the Conservative crown slipping from his grasp, Kevin O’Leary settled on becoming kingmaker earlier this week. […]
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National Column: Echoes of Harper’s dark side show in leadership contest
When Stephen Harper went down to defeat in the last federal election, it seemed that his Conservative Party would, of necessity, pivot toward a kinder and gentler future.
The party’s hard-edged appeal to identity politics had proven singularly unsuccessful.
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National Column: Conservative, NDP debates a show of contrast
To compare the leadership debates of the Conservatives and the New Democrats on the basis of the latter’s first all-candidates meeting is to engage in a study in contrast.
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National Column: French still key for Tory hopefuls
First, some somewhat encouraging news for the 11 non-Quebec candidates who are gathering in the province’s capital for the only French-language debate of the federal Conservative leadership campaign. The Quebec Conservatives who hold the second-largest number of leadership votes are not – in principle at least – wedded to the concept of having a native son as party leader. […]
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National Column: Weak French alienates crucial Quebec support
by Chantal Hebert If the federal Conservatives are looking for a leader liable to hold his or her own against […]
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Popular vote is not all-powerful in Tory race
It is not just in the United States that one can secure a strong leadership position with fewer votes than the runner-up. It has happened in Canada and not just once. It could happen again no later than next spring, when the federal Conservatives hold a leadership vote. […]
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National Column: The bluster on health-care funding
“Your French is getting better,” a reporter told Jane Philpott on Wednesday as the federal health minister wrapped up a chat with some members of the press gallery before the weekly Liberal caucus meeting. […]
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National Column: Uninspiring field in Tory leadership race
With Peter MacKay and Jason Kenney on the sidelines of the Conservative leadership battle, a critical number of votes are up for grabs in the campaign to find a successor for Stephen Harper. […]
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National Column: Conservative party flunks social media
by Chantal Hébert While scores of Canadians were spending the summer smugly lamenting the ugly tone of the American presidential […]
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National Column: Year after election call, “this is more than a honeymoon . . .”
OTTAWA-It was a year ago when Justin Trudeau, then leader of the third-place Liberals, marched in Vancouver’s pride parade. […]
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National Affairs: Ambrose upbeat about Tory future
by Paul Wells They had a Conservative caucus party at Stornoway the other night. Rona Ambrose, the party’s interim leader, […]