Two years ago, Jean Charest suggested the Conservative Party had changed from what he once knew.
Today, he’s seeking to lead it. In an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Charest remained adamant he can win the party’s leadership race, despite claims from his rivals that they have signed up hundreds of thousands of members.
Delusional? Given the way the last two CPC leaderships have turned out anything is possible.
Here’s why a Pierre Poilievre victory in the Conservative leadership race may not be a given
OTTAWA — On the surface, the math looks obvious: Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre claims his supporters equal roughly half of the total number of people expected to be eligible to vote in the party’s leadership race.
So even though the ballots aren’t even in the mail and the victor won’t be announced until Sept. 10, is the race already over?
It’s not quite that simple.
