Conservative Party leadership race: Erin O'Toole当选为保守党领袖

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加拿大需要一个像老川一样眼光独到，
能为自己国家，而不是自己个人，谋福利的人

你是指川普去自家球场打高尔夫让政府付款一亿美元这不算是为个人谋福利吗？

 

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你是指川普去自家球场打高尔夫让政府付款一亿美元这不算是为个人谋福利吗？

打个高尔夫球就一亿美元？ 有媒体报道的链接吗？球场费应该不高，主要是security cost等等。

你要知道，总统的security cost是有国家标准的，去哪里都要花钱，回家度假一样，这是没办法的事。

 

[爱飞的鸟]

打个高尔夫球就一亿美元？ 有媒体报道的链接吗？球场费应该不高，主要是security cost等等。

你要知道，总统的security cost是有国家标准的，去哪里都要花钱，回家度假一样，这是没办法的事。

是，美国政府官员所有的行为都是合法的，合法地腐败，这难道真是没办法的事？

当年法国国王去枫丹白露狩猎时，整个行宫都搬了过去，那也是国家标准。但法国人民并不认为那是没办法的事，他们最后将国王和王后推上了断头台。

 

[爱飞的鸟]

打个高尔夫球就一亿美元？ 有媒体报道的链接吗？球场费应该不高，主要是security cost等等。

你要知道，总统的security cost是有国家标准的，去哪里都要花钱，回家度假一样，这是没办法的事。

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Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary

Trump often boasts of donating his White House pay, but taxpayers are shelling out much larger sums for his hobby.

m.huffingtonpost.ca

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-leadership-candidates-1.5476879

If you woke up this morning with a keen desire to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, you had only a few hours left to get your name in — along with the signatures of 1,000 party members and $25,000.

The first deadline for qualifying to be a candidate to replace Andrew Scheer as Conservative leader passes at 5 p.m. ET today. To be eligible, prospective candidates need to submit the signatures of 1,000 party members distributed across at least 30 ridings in seven different provinces or territories, along with the first $25,000 instalment of the $200,000 entry fee. If they also get a green light from the party's vetting committee, they're in.

At least, they're mostly in. The next eligibility deadline is Mar. 25. That one might prove to be a bigger challenge.

As of late Wednesday, six candidates had met the first eligibility requirements. In order of their approval by the party, they are:

• Peter MacKay, former minister of justice, foreign affairs and national defence in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet, Nova Scotia MP from 1997 to 2015 and the last leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
• Erin O'Toole, former minister of veterans affairs, MP for the Ontario riding of Durham since 2012 and third-place finisher in the 2017 Conservative leadership race.
• Leslyn Lewis, lawyer, unsuccessful Conservative candidate in the 2015 federal election in the Ontario riding of Scarborough–Rouge Park.
• Marilyn Gladu, MP for the Ontario riding of Sarnia–Lambton since 2015.
• Derek Sloan, MP for the Ontario riding of Hastings–Lennox and Addington since 2019.
• Jim Karahalios, anti-carbon tax activist who filed a lawsuit against the Ontario PC Party alleging the contest for the provincial party presidency had been rigged against him.

This list of eligible candidates is likely to grow. A number of other figures have said they plan to run, among them former Conservative staffers Rudy Husny and Richard Décarie and businessman Rick Peterson (Peterson finished 12th in the 2017 leadership race). All three have told CBC News they have the signatures and entry fee they need, and are awaiting approval by the Conservative Party.

In addition to the initial $25,000 entry fee and 1,000 signatures, both MacKay and O'Toole also have submitted another 1,000 signatures each, another $25,000 entry fee instalment and a $100,000 refundable compliance deposit. This classifies them as "authorized contestants," which gives them access to the current and historical database of Conservative Party members.

That's an important step for all candidates, as access to that list makes it much easier to raise money and solicit support from within the party. The initial $25,000 entry fee comes from a candidate's personal resources. To get to the second tier, candidates need to demonstrate their fundraising prowess without the aid of a list of party members.

The third and final step requires another batch of 1,000 signatures and the final entry fee instalment of $150,000, all to be submitted by Mar. 25. Only candidates who clear that third hurdle will get their names on the ballot. In total, those candidates will have obtained the signatures of 3,000 members and submitted $300,000 to the party — making this the most expensive political leadership contest in Canadian history.

Earlier this month, five Conservative Party leadership contenders attended the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia's annual general meeting. From right to left: Erin O'Toole, Peter MacKay, Rudy Husny, Rick Peterson and Marilyn Gladu. (Stéphanie Blanchet / Radio-Canada)

Getting there won't be easy. Of the 14 candidates who ran for the Conservative leadership in 2017, only nine were able to raise at least $300,000 over the course of a much longer race. On average, it took them 143 days to raise that sum. The final deadline is only 27 days away.

The list of "approved applicants" might not be complete until early next week. Any prospective candidates who submit their entry fees and signatures before Thursday's 5 p.m. ET deadline still need to have those signatures verified and will have to pass a vetting interview with the party's leadership committee — a process that could take several days.

On Wednesday, the Conservatives announced they would hold two official leadership debates. The first, in English, will take place in Toronto on Apr. 17, the last day that Canadians can join the party and be eligible to vote. A French-language debate will be held in Montreal on Apr. 23.

The results of the leadership race will be announced June 27 in Toronto.

 

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Four candidates will be on ballot in Conservative leadership race as final deadline passes

Two of them, O'Toole and Sloan, have called for the race to be postponed due to the COVID-10 pandemic. MacKay has asked for an earlier vote

nationalpost.com

The final four Conservative Party leadership candidates: Peter MacKay, Leslyn Lewis, Erin O’Toole and Derek Sloan.

 

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Conservatives suspend party's leadership race citing COVID-19

The Conservative party is suspending its leadership race in the face of the ongoing crisis caused by COVID-19.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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Four candidates will be on ballot in Conservative leadership race as final deadline passes

Two of them, O'Toole and Sloan, have called for the race to be postponed due to the COVID-10 pandemic. MacKay has asked for an earlier vote

nationalpost.com

The final four Conservative Party leadership candidates: Peter MacKay, Leslyn Lewis, Erin O’Toole and Derek Sloan.

看他们选谁。

 

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Op-ed: Conservative leadership exposes racism problem in the party's ranks - NOW Magazine

While party insiders are quick to frame Leslyn Lewis’s candidacy for leader as a show of the party’s diversity, its also unmasked the party's racism problem

nowtoronto.com

 

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Conservative leadership debate in disarray after Peter MacKay, Leslyn Lewis back out

Organizers decided to go forward with back-to-back 'fireside chats' with the two remaining candidates, Erin O’Toole and Derek Sloan

nationalpost.com

 

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Here's where the Conservative leadership race stands, with one week of campaign left

There is a week left in the federal Conservative leadership campaign, and the pressure is on. Here's a recap of the race so far, how each candidate has sought to set themselves apart, and a rundown of how the ballots will be counted.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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只要不再选一个米国人就成。看来这次那个曾亲手葬送了PC的叛徒可能有戏了。

 

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Leslyn Lewis is already a winner in the Conservative leadership contest

The Toronto lawyer came out of nowhere to mount a serious outsider bid for the party’s leadership, and that’s a victory in itself.

www.thestar.com

 

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GUNTER: Conservative leadership race spins its wheels

The national Conservative leadership race is entering its final week before voting closes.

torontosun.com

 

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