Federal Conservatives sought to draw in voters with the slogan: 'It's time for you to get ahead.' But they didn't get enough of those voters to form government, and so 2020 finds the Conservatives needing to figure out how to get ahead themselves.
Leader of the Opposition Andrew Scheer announces he will step down as leader of the Conservatives, Thursday December 12, 2019 in the House of Commons in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian WyldOTTAWA -- In 2019, federal Conservatives sought to draw voters in their direction with the slogan: "It's time for you to get ahead."
At the centre of all three, in one way or another, is the current leader of the party, Andrew Scheer. The question of how and where what the party stands for gets decided is fundamental for the Tories. Many had been looking forward to a planned Toronto policy convention in April as a time to debate new ideas, but that gathering has been punted to November to await the leadership race.Take supply management.
Scheer saw his personal opposition to same-sex marriage become a lightning rod during the campaign. In post-mortem meetings, he heard repeatedly from local campaigns that his personal views cost the party votes. Scheer's departure, though officially the product of Scheer's own quenched fire for the job , also came as questions were being raised about how he was using party funds to cover personal costs, including tuition for his children.
Classic lines of attack from the Conservatives are on foreign policy and finance, and over the winter break, Scheer has used his social-media accounts to go after the Trudeau Liberals on both. A sustained debate on whether the rules should be set to narrow the field has been underway for days. A higher entry fee than 2017's $100,000, a requirement for more signatures on nomination forms, and even a rule that a candidate have been a member of the party for more than just the six months required in 2017 are all being discussed. Decisions on all of those and a voting date could come by mid-January.
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