The Conservative Party of Canada is pushing ahead with a third leadership debate, telling members to tune in Aug. 3. The party informed members of the date in an email Thursday night after contender Pierre Poilievre said he wouldn’t go and another hopeful, Leslyn Lewis, expressed reservations. Poilievre’s campaign says he is focused on getting…
Sunak and Truss Clash Over Tax in UK Leadership Debate
LONDON—British foreign minister Liz Truss clashed over tax policy with former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Friday, as the five remaining contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister went head-to-head in the first of three televised debates. An initial field of 11 challengers has been whittled down following two days of votes by lawmakers from…
Conservative MP Proposes Social Media Users Be Given Truthfulness Score
Online platforms could be forced to maintain a score of how truthful a person is, under new legislation proposed by MP John Penrose. Penrose said that the purpose is to reduce the risk of harm to users of regulated services caused by “disinformation or misinformation.” The person’s speech would then be “displayed in a way which…
Patrick Brown Says No Decision to Seek Re-election in Brampton Until Family Consulted
A spokesman for disqualified Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says he won’t be making any decisions about running for re-election as a Greater-Toronto-Area mayor until he has time to talk with his friends and family. Chisholm Pothier says Brown spent the weekend attending a multicultural festival in Brampton, Ont., located about 45 minutes from Toronto,…
Patrick Brown Wants Appeal of Disqualification From Conservative Party Leadership
Patrick Brown wants to appeal a decision made by federal Conservatives overseeing the party’s leadership race to disqualify him. A notice of appeal and warning of impending legal action related to Brown’s ousting was sent Wednesday evening to Don Nightingale, the party’s chief returning officer, and Ian Brodie, chair of the party’s leadership election organizing…
Canadians Donated More Than $44M to Liberal, Conservative Parties in 2021
The Conservative Party of Canada raised the most money of any federal party in 2021, bringing in $26.4 million in donations during a tumultuous year that ended with an election loss and speculation about the end of Erin O’Toole’s leadership. Audited financial statements filed with Elections Canada show that’s just shy of $6 million more…
Incumbent Republicans Make Clean Sweep in Utah Primary
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—U.S. Congressional Republicans fended off electoral challenges in Utah’s June 28 primary, with U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R) sweeping the floor with his closest rival Becky Edwards. With roughly 78 percent of the votes counted, Lee has captured over 60 percent of the vote and Edwards 31 percent. Ally Isom (R) received just…
Beijing May Have Tried to Discourage Canadians From Voting Conservative: Federal Unit
A federal research unit detected what might be a Chinese Communist Party information operation that aimed to discourage Canadians of Chinese heritage from voting for the Conservatives in the last federal election. The Sept. 13, 2021, analysis by Rapid Response Mechanism Canada, which tracks foreign interference, says researchers observed Communist party media accounts on Chinese…
Good News: Conservatives Using Their Wallets to Defeat Corporate Wokism
Commentary The left’s “woke” attack on American culture and our free enterprise system is in retreat. Well, at least, the left’s assault on the core values of our American society is being pushed back. Finally. We appear to have reached peak “woke” in the culture war and Americans are declaring that they are fed up…
Well Over 600,000 Voters May Be Eligible to Cast Ballot for Next Conservative Leader
The Conservative Party of Canada says well over 600,000 voters may be eligible to vote for the next leader and campaigns should prepare accordingly. The preliminary figures are more than double the number of members leadership hopefuls wrangled in the 2020 leadership race, when the party broke the record for most sign-ups with 270,000. There…
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