If Poilievre wins leadership, but fails to pivot to the centre, Quebec Tory MP Godin says he will ‘reflect’ on his own ‘future political life’

After the Conservative leadership election concludes on Sept. 10, party unity will depend on the direction the new leader decides to go, whether that’s leaning into populism or pivoting to the centre, says Tasha Kheiriddin, author and co-chair of the Jean Charest campaign. The Conservative Party will elect a new leader on Sept. 10,...

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With the Centre Ice Conservatives – Physically, I mean. I went to Edmonton to hear them. Here’s what centrism sounds like now.

It’s hardly the first time some people got together in Canada and said, “Let’s not.” According to legend, the country itself was founded, in part, by opters-out. At the time they were called United Empire Loyalists. They found George Washington and his lot a bit rambunctious. Their influence persists. On Thursday the Loyalists’ spiritual...

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