Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown — who is expected to announce his bid Sunday — and former Quebec premier Jean Charest — who launches his candidacy Thursday — have forged a pact, sources familiar with the strategy tell the Star. Opinion by althiaraj
— who launches his candidacy Thursday — have forged a pact, sources familiar with the strategy tell the Star. Could it lead the party to elect a more moderate leader?
Their goals are similarly aligned: a united but more inclusive party that represents the country. Each anticipates the other’s supporters will mark him as their second choice on the party’s ranked ballots, and they may make that expectation clear when members start receiving their ballots this summer.
As premier, he often butted heads with Harper. Charest opposed the federal Conservative government’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, and introduced Quebec’s carbon cap-and-trade system. He demanded increases to federal equalization payments, then used the money for tax cuts, and criticized the Tories during the 2008 federal election campaign for their cuts to culture funding.
Brown is expected to repeat that strategy federally. He’ll need to sign up 200,000 to 300,000 party members if he plans to beat Poilievre, the current front-runner. While Brown’s network of allies focuses its efforts in Ontario, Charest’s team plans to ensure his dominance in Quebec.
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