Andrew Scheer当选为加拿大保守党领袖
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- 注册
- 2003-04-13
- 消息
- 238,941
- 荣誉分数
- 37,371
- 声望点数
- 1,393
- 注册
- 2003-04-13
- 消息
- 238,941
- 荣誉分数
- 37,371
- 声望点数
- 1,393
Kellie Leitch, former labour minister and the first candidate to enter the race. (Jacques Boissinot)
Kellie Leitch
The attention seeker
Age: 46
Position: MP for Simcoe-Grey, Ont.
Hers is perhaps the most provocative federal leadership campaign in recent memory.
Kellie Leitch, the self-avowed anti-elitist who boasted “22 letters” at the end of her name; the Conservative MP whose proposal to screen immigrants for “Canadian values” became so inflammatory that she was blamed for inciting hatred against Muslims that may have contributed to the deadly mosque shooting in Quebec City. There was an alleged break-in at her house, firestorm after firestorm involving her outspoken former campaign manager, Nick Kouvalis, and outrage at her call for a Trump-style movement in Canada.
Controversy, it seems, has been sparked at every turn in her bid to lead the Conservative party into the next election.
“You’ve got a very strange race in a crowded field,” said David Moscrop, a political scientist at the University of British Columbia.
“Some people are going to light themselves on fire to get attention. That’s the Kellie Leitch campaign.”
Leitch, 46, was born in Winnipeg, the eldest of three children. According to a 2011 profile in the Alliston Herald, Leitch’s family moved to Alberta when she was young, and she grew up in Fort McMurray. She skipped Grade 10 and by age 20 had started work on her medical degree even before she was finished undergrad, the paper reported. She took an elective course at Sick Kids hospital in Toronto, and went on to become a pediatric orthopedic surgeon.
She first ran for office in 2011, reportedly at the insistence of Jim Flaherty, the Conservative finance minister in the Stephen Harper government who died suddenly in April 2014. She served as labour minister in Harper’s cabinet and was re-elected in the riding of Simcoe-Grey in 2015. She was the first candidate to enter the race to succeed Harper as party leader.
Before her campaign and the attention it has garnered, Leitch was already associated with controversial policy proposals. During the 2015 federal election campaign, it was Leitch who stood behind a podium branded with the slogan “Barbaric Cultural Practices” to announce a snitch line for people to call if they suspect such practices are going on in their neighbourhoods.
Under the direction of Kouvalis, her campaign manager who resigned in early February, Leitch’s leadership bid has been centred on a plan to screen immigrants and refugees for “Canadian values” of equal opportunity, hard work, freedom, tolerance and generosity. She also wants to cap federal spending and abolish the CBC.
Kouvalis, who worked on the successful mayoral bids of Rob Ford and John Tory, became a lightning rod in his own right, for tweeting false news to “make the left go nuts” and calling a university professor a “cuck,” a term popularized by the white nationalist, “alt-right” in the U.S.
Chance of winning: While Leitch’s campaign seems designed to appeal to a certain segment of the Conservative base — those wary of immigration, for instance — most observers don’t predict her winning the leadership. But you can’t rule her out. With strong riding-level organization and enough support across the country, Leitch could pull it off.
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Alberta with MLA endorsements for his Conservative leadership campaign
Stuart Thomson
Published on: April 11, 2017 | Last Updated: April 11, 2017 4:43 PM MDT
Federal Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier revealed MLA endorsements from both of Alberta’s right-of-centre parties Tuesday.
Seven MLAs from the Wildrose Party and one from the Progressive Conservative party assembled with Bernier at the Matrix Hotel in downtown Edmonton to throw their support behind the Quebecker, who has been polling close to frontrunner Kevin O’Leary.
Wildrose MLA Derek Fildebrandt said Bernier has always been sympathetic to Alberta’s point of view and joked that it “took the Albertan from Quebec to finally unite the right in Alberta.”
Maxime Bernier, leadership candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada, receives the endorsement of nine Alberta MLAs during a news conference at the Matrix Hotel, 10640 100 Ave., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Bloom, David / Postmedia
Bernier rattled off policy proposals familiar to Alberta conservatives, including scrapping the federal carbon tax, approving pipelines and freezing and reviewing the equalization system. He also repeatedly mentioned Alberta’s importance in getting a Conservative government elected again.
“Alberta is the foundation of our party,” said Bernier, adding the endorsements bring more credibility to his campaign.
Bernier said his goal is to secure 40 seats in Quebec — a big jump from the party’s current count of 12 — and hold onto the party’s dominance in Alberta, where it holds 29 of 34 seats.
The Wildrose MLAs at the event backing Bernier were Leela Aheer, Jason Nixon, Angela Pitt, Derek Fildebrandt, Scott Cyr, Wes Taylor and Rick Strankman, along with PC MLA Mike Ellis.
Fildebrandt said Wildrose MLA Don MacIntyre is also backing Bernier, but was unable to attend the news conference.
Published on: April 11, 2017 | Last Updated: April 11, 2017 4:43 PM MDT
Federal Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier revealed MLA endorsements from both of Alberta’s right-of-centre parties Tuesday.
Seven MLAs from the Wildrose Party and one from the Progressive Conservative party assembled with Bernier at the Matrix Hotel in downtown Edmonton to throw their support behind the Quebecker, who has been polling close to frontrunner Kevin O’Leary.
Wildrose MLA Derek Fildebrandt said Bernier has always been sympathetic to Alberta’s point of view and joked that it “took the Albertan from Quebec to finally unite the right in Alberta.”
Maxime Bernier, leadership candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada, receives the endorsement of nine Alberta MLAs during a news conference at the Matrix Hotel, 10640 100 Ave., on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Bloom, David / Postmedia
Bernier rattled off policy proposals familiar to Alberta conservatives, including scrapping the federal carbon tax, approving pipelines and freezing and reviewing the equalization system. He also repeatedly mentioned Alberta’s importance in getting a Conservative government elected again.
“Alberta is the foundation of our party,” said Bernier, adding the endorsements bring more credibility to his campaign.
Bernier said his goal is to secure 40 seats in Quebec — a big jump from the party’s current count of 12 — and hold onto the party’s dominance in Alberta, where it holds 29 of 34 seats.
The Wildrose MLAs at the event backing Bernier were Leela Aheer, Jason Nixon, Angela Pitt, Derek Fildebrandt, Scott Cyr, Wes Taylor and Rick Strankman, along with PC MLA Mike Ellis.
Fildebrandt said Wildrose MLA Don MacIntyre is also backing Bernier, but was unable to attend the news conference.
