Leslyn Lewis, Erin O’Toole, Peter MacKay and Derek Sloan will make their pitch to members Thursday in an English-language debate
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidates Erin O'Toole, left to right, Peter MacKay, Derek Sloan and Leslyn Lewis wait for the start of the French Leadership Debate in Toronto on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Social conservatives helped propel both Sloan and Lewis into the race, providing the initial signatures and cash they needed to run.
Social conservatives helped propel both Sloan and Lewis into the race, providing the initial signatures and cash they needed to run. Then, MacKay said what had gone wrong for the party was that they were forced into debates about abortion and same-sex marriage, and the issues were “thrust onto the agenda and hung around Andrew Scheer’s neck like a stinking albatross.”Months later he would say that he regretted those remarks, which Lewis acknowledged.Lewis called O’Toole “middle of the road” on his position, making it hard for him to directly appeal to voters.
MacKay’s attack came during a section on pipelines, when O’Toole was chastising him for the fact his supporters had attacked O’Toole’s Quebec platform.As O’Toole tried to ask why, MacKay replied he had a question of his own: Earlier in the campaign, MacKay had told CBC that he would allow backbench MPs to introduce legislation on restricting abortion, but his cabinet would vote against it.
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