Alberta Premier and longtime federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney says he's encouraging his former colleague John Baird to run to be the next leader of the Conservative party.
In an interview on CTV News Channel from Washington D.C., Kenney said he spoke to Baird "a couple of days ago," and "encouraged him to put his name forward."
He cited Baird's bilingualism, his network, and ability to win as assets to his prospective candidacy. Baird, who resigned from cabinet and did not run for reelection in 2015, has not yet publicly spoke to what's begun to be a trickle of suggestions that he's mulling a bid. CTVNews.ca has reached out to Baird for comment.
Baird was tapped by outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to conduct a campaign postmortem on the party's unsuccessful federal election campaign.
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