Canada’s Conservative contenders
The job of leading the opposition to Justin Trudeau looks like a thankless one, for now
“WE SIGNED UP more new members than have ever been signed up in the history of Conservative Party leadership campaigns.” So said Peter MacKay (pictured right), one of two front-runners to be the party’s leader, in an email to supporters on May 17th. His main rival, Erin O’Toole (pictured left), declared that “our campaign set a record for most membership sales in party history!”
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Contenders for a cracked crown”
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