Tasha Kheiriddin: I discovered firsthand the power of Poilievre. Liberals should be afraid – National Post, September 13, 2022

Thank God, the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race is over. To paraphrase Thomas Hobbes, it was nasty, brutish and long, way too long for anyone’s mental health. Especially if you were volunteering on a campaign, and even more so if your candidate did not win. Which was my experience: despite valiant efforts, and...

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The faceoff between Poilievre and Trudeau will be one for the history books – TVO Today, September 12, 2022

More moderate, “common sense Tories” (as Tasha Kheiriddin calls them in her new book, The Right Path) have told Poilievre he can’t become prime minister by playing footsie with the convoy crowd. Maybe. But to see Poilievre’s growth — both personally and as a campaigner — over the past many months is to see one...

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‘Small army’ on hand to ensure no repeat of 2020 Tory leader vote-counting drama – The Hill Times, September 7, 2022

Tasha Kheiriddin, a co-chair of Jean Charest’s leadership campaign, told The Hill Times that the campaign still had a path to victory. While Poilievre’s campaign said he has sold more than 300,000 new memberships—nearly half of the 678,708 members eligible to vote in the leadership election—having the most individual votes doesn’t necessarily guarantee his...

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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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