2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election

The 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election will be held by postal ballot in August 2020[2][3] to choose a successor to Andrew Scheer, who announced his pending resignation as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.[4] The $300,000 entrance fees also make it the most expensive leadership race ever in Canadian politics.[5]

2020 Conservative leadership election
21 August 2020[lower-alpha 1]
Opinion polls
 
Candidate Leslyn Lewis Peter MacKay
Riding N/A[lower-alpha 2] N/A[lower-alpha 3]
  DS
Candidate Erin O'Toole Derek Sloan
Riding Durham Hastings—Lennox and Addington
Map of Canada by constituency
2020 Conservative leadership election
Date21 August 2020
Resigning leaderAndrew Scheer
Candidates4
Entrance Fee$300,000 (of which $100,000 is a refundable compliance deposit)[1]

On 26 March 2020, the party suspended activities pertaining to the 27 June 2020 leadership election due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic crisis in Canada.[3] Party officials said they would revisit their decision on 1 May 2020.[3] On 29 April 2020, it was announced that the race would proceed by postal ballot with the election itself being rescheduled from June to August. To be counted, ballots need to be completed and received by 21 August 2020.[6][2]

History

Background

On October 21, 2019, the 2019 Canadian federal election was held. The Conservatives remained in opposition against a minority Liberal government. Under the Conservative Party's constitution, an election loss results in a leadership review at the next party convention. The following day, Scheer announced his intention to remain leader of the party.[7]

As early as October 23, there were reports of that party members were already privately voicing dissatisfaction with Scheer's leadership, and suggestions that he could face a leadership challenge at the next party convention in April.[8] By the end of the month, Conservative figures were making their criticism public, and an online petition was launched that called for Scheer to resign.[9] Former MP and cabinet minister Peter MacKay described the election as "like having a breakaway on an open net and missing the net"; he attributed the loss to Scheer's socially conservative views, which he said "hung around [his] neck like a stinking albatross" and distracted from other policies and issues. MacKay's comments additionally fuelled speculation that he was vying for the leadership.[10]

On November 6, Scheer met with the Conservative caucus for the first time since the election, where they discussed the federal election and why the party failed to win. Scheer attributed the loss not to policy, but poor communication. During the meeting, the caucus voted against adopting the provisions of the Reform Act; as adopting them would have allowed the caucus to begin the process of ousting Scheer, his leadership was seen as safe until the April convention.[11] However, criticism did not abate; a report in the Toronto Star cited calls for Scheer's resignation from within the business community, energy sector and several high-profile party insiders.[12]

On December 12, Scheer announced that he was stepping down as leader, pending the election of his successor. He also said he would stay on as MP for Regina—Qu'Appelle "for the near future".[13] The leadership convention was scheduled for June 27, 2020.[14]

Allegations of hacking

On June 19, 2010, Erin O'Toole accused MacKay's campaign of theft of confidential campaign data and strategy including Zoom video conferences after discovering that their "systems were hacked earlier this week".[15]. Later that day, he filed a filed a formal complaint and requests the RCMP, OPP, and Toronto Police Service to investigate Peter MacKay's campaign and senior campaign staff Jamie Lall.[16] MacKay's campaign dismissed the allegations and called them a "desperate, last ditch strategy" and "mildly amusing."[17] Lall has also publicly denied the allegations on his personal Twitter account.[18]

On June 22, the National Post reported that the O'Toole camp received a confession letter from MP staffer implicating Lall and describing him as a "senior regional adviser to the Peter MacKay campaign."[19] Later in the day, the RCMP released a statement saying they have begun an investigation into O'Toole's allegations against the MacKay campaign, while Lall stated that he is "aggressively pursuing" legal action against the O'Toole campaign.[20] MacKay spokesperson Chisholm Pothier told CBC News Tuesday that the O'Toole team sent its confidential passwords and logins to more than 300 MPs and their political staffers — something Pothier said was done "negligently and with no reasonable expectation of privacy."[21] In response, O'Toole Campaign manager Fred DeLorey tweeted "This is a willful attempt at deception.There is a big diff between sending invitees a code for specific meetings and someone breaking into the private admin and stealing all of the files. The former is standard operations, the latter is a crime. That is what is being investigated."[22]

On June 24, MP Greg McLean's ex-staffer admitted to trying to leak Erin O'Toole's confidential video records, but says the MacKay campaign turned him down, according to Toronto Star's Alex Boutilier and Kieran Leavitt.[23] MP McLean later tweeted "Sadly, this is completely inconsistent with what was told to me and senior O'Toole officials by this young man. I know not to trust this. The police investigation will determine the truth"[24] Erin O'Toole Campaign staffer Anthony Koch also tweeted "How do you explain the Calgary and midtown Toronto IP addresses that accessed the zoom admin account illegally multiple times over the course of a week and downloaded over 140 unique videos?"[25]


Timeline

2019
  • 21 October – The 2019 Canadian federal election was held. The Conservatives remained in opposition against a minority Liberal government.[26] Under CPC rules, a loss in an election triggers an automatic leadership review.
  • 22 October – CPC Leader Andrew Scheer announced he will continue as leader.[7]
  • 12 December – Andrew Scheer announced his pending resignation as leader of the Conservatives, Andrew Scheer will remain MP for Regina—Qu'Appelle when a new leader is elected.[27]
  • 21 December – The party executive announced that a national party policy convention scheduled for mid-April 2020 has been postponed until November "so greater focus could be given to the details and organization around the Conservative leadership election process."[28]
  • 24 December – The party announced that former Deputy Leader Lisa Raitt will co-chair the organizing committee for the leadership race.[29] Dan Nowlan is the committee's other co-chair.[30]

2020
  • 13 January – Leadership election process officially commences.[31][1][32]
  • 27 February – Deadline for potential candidates to enter leadership election. Candidates must have, by this date, paid at least $25,000 towards their registration fee and submitted signatures of at least 1,000 party members qualified to nominate them for leader.[1][32][33]
  • 25 March – Deadline for candidates to meet all entry requirements, including having paid the $300,000 entrance fee and compliance deposit in full and collected signatures of 3,000 qualified party members from 30 Electoral District Associations, in at least seven provinces or territories.[1][32][34]
  • 26 March – Leadership race suspended indefinitely due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic crisis.[3] Party officials said that the schedule for the debates and leadership convention would be revisited on 1 May 2020.[3]
  • 29 April – The party's Leadership Election Organizing Committee announced the resumption of the leadership election process, with the vote to occur via mail-in ballot that needs to be received by 21 August 2020.[6][2]
  • 15 May – New deadline to sign up as a member for purposes of voting in the leadership race. Previous deadline was 17 April 2020.[35]
  • 17 June – French-language debate in Toronto, moderated by Dan Nowlan and Lisa Raitt.[36][37][38]
  • 18 June – English-language debate in Toronto, moderated by Dan Nowlan and Lisa Raitt.[36][37][39]
  • 19 June – Erin O'Toole files a formal complaint and requests the RCMP, OPP, and Toronto Police Service to investigate Peter MacKay's campaign and senior campaign staff Jamie Lall.[40] O'Toole's accusations include theft of confidential campaign data and strategy including Zoom video conferences after discovering that their "systems were hacked earlier this week".[41]
  • 20 June – MacKay's campaign dismissed O'Toole's allegations and called them a "desperate, last ditch strategy" and "mildly amusing."[42] Lall has also publicly denied the allegations on his personal Twitter account.[43]
  • 21 August – Deadline for election ballots to be filled out and received in order to be counted. The previous date for the election had been 27 June 2020.[2]
  • Late August – According to the Leadership Election Organizing Committee: "The result will be announced as soon as those ballots can be properly processed and examined by scrutineers while respecting any health guidelines in place at that time.”[44]

Debates
Debates among candidates for the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election[36][37][45][46]
No.DatePlaceHostLanguageParticipants
 P  Participant
 N  Non-invitee  A  Absent invitee  O  Out of race (exploring or withdrawn)		 Lewis MacKay O'Toole Sloan
1 June 17, 2020 Toronto, Ontario Conservative Party of Canada French P P P P
2 June 18, 2020 Toronto, Ontario Conservative Party of Canada English P P P P
3 June 24, 2020 Webex Etobicoke-Lakeshore Conservative Association English P A P P

Rules and procedures

On 11 January 2020, the party's Leadership Election Organizing Committee released the Rules and Procedures for the 2020 Leadership document.[1][47] It confirmed the vote would be held under instant-runoff voting, open to those who are members of the Conservative Party of Canada as of 17 April. (This date was later pushed back to 15 May.) To appear on the ballot, a member must apply to the Leadership Candidate Nomination Committee between 13 January and 27 February, with 1,000 signatures of endorsement from party members (which must span at least 30 Electoral Districts in 7 provinces),[34] a $25,000 instalment of the registration fee and a completed 42-page Leadership Contestant Questionnaire, which requires them to declare they accept "the policies, principles, goals and objectives" of the Conservative Party.[48] If approved by the Committees, the applicant has until 25 March to provide the remainder of the 3,000 endorsement signatures and $200,000 registration fee.[32] In addition a $100,000 Compliance Deposit is required prior to 25 March but is returned upon completing required financial filings and adhering to Rules and Procedures document. As in the 2017 leadership election, each electoral district is given 100 points which are distributed according to weight of a candidate's vote in that electoral distribute, with the first candidate receiving 16,901 points winning the contest.[49]

Candidates

Verified candidates are authorized contestants that have paid the full $200,000 registration fee, the entire $100,000 compliance deposit, and submitted all 3,000 required signatures of endorsement by 25 March 2020. Verified candidates have secured their name on the leadership ballot.[50][51]

Leslyn Lewis
Leslyn Lewis
Background

Leslyn Lewis, 49, is a Toronto lawyer and the former CPC candidate for Scarborough—Rouge Park, Ontario in the 2015 election.[52] Leslyn Lewis holds a bachelor's degree from University of Toronto, two master's degrees, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School[53] and a PhD in International Law.[52] Leslyn Lewis is also a Vice Chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and Chair of the Partnership Committee.[53]

Candidacy announced: 22 January 2020[54]
Date registered with Elections Canada:
Campaign website: Leslyn Lewis
Campaign slogan: Courage • Compassion • Common Sense[55]
Campaign slogan (Français): Courage • Compassion • Bon Sens[56]
Endorsements of Leslyn Lewis
MPs: (6)
Senators:
Provincial & territorial politicians: (4)
Municipal politicians: (1)
Former MPs: (2)
Former Senators:
Former provincial politicians: (2)
Former municipal politicians:
Other prominent individuals: (1)
Organizations: (3)
Media:
Total endorsements: 19

Peter MacKay
Peter MacKay
Background

Peter MacKay, 54, was the MP for Central Nova (2004–2015), and for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough (1997–2004). He was Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2013–2015), Minister of National Defense (2007–2013), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2007), Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2004–2015). He was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (2003) at the time of the merger. Prior to entering politics, Peter MacKay worked as a Crown Attorney.[76][77]

Candidacy announced: 15 January 2020[78]
Date registered with Elections Canada:
Campaign website: www.petermackay.ca
Campaign slogan: Unite Build Lead[79]
Campaign slogan (Français): Unir Bâtir Diriger[80]
Endorsements of Peter MacKay
MPs: (43)
Senators: (14)
Provincial & territorial politicians: (12)
Municipal politicians: (2)
Former MPs: (41)
Former Senators: (6)
Former Provincial & territorial politicians: (8)
Former municipal politicians: (2)
Other prominent individuals: (9)
Organizations: (1)
Total endorsements: 138

Erin O'Toole
Erin O'Toole
Background

Erin O'Toole, 47, is the MP for Durham (2012–present), the Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs (2017–present), and the former Shadow Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (2015–2016) and Minister of Veterans Affairs (2015). He placed third in the 2017 Conservative leadership election. Prior to entering politics, Erin O'Toole served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, where he held the rank of Captain, and was a lawyer after completing military service.[77]

Candidacy announced: 25 January 2020[220][221]
Date registered with Elections Canada:
Campaign website: www.erinotoole.ca
Campaign slogan: Take back Canada.[222]
Campaign slogan (Français): Reprendre les rênes du Canada.[223]
Endorsements of Erin O'Toole
MPs: (37)
Senators: (3)
Provincial & territorial politicians: (30)
Municipal politicians: (1)
Former MPs: (3)
Former Senators: (1)
Former provincial politicians:
Former municipal politicians: (1)

Other prominent individuals: (3)

Organizations: (2)
  • Association of Black Conservatives[278] Erin O'Toole rejected this endorsement, as it caused disunity in the party and the association, over the association not endorsing Leslyn Lewis.[279]
  • Right Now[74]
Media:
Total endorsements: 79

Derek Sloan
Background

Derek Sloan, 35, is the MP for Hastings—Lennox and Addington (2019–present). Prior to entering politics, Derek Sloan worked as a lawyer in private practice.[280][281][282]

Candidacy announced: 22 January 2020[283]
Date registered with Elections Canada:
Campaign website: www.dereksloan.ca
Campaign slogan: Conservative. Without Apology.[284]
Campaign slogan (Français): Conservateur Sans Se Dérober[285]
Endorsements of Derek Sloan
MPs:
Senators:
Provincial politicians:
Municipal politicians:
Former MPs: (1)
Former Senators:
Former provincial politicians:
Former municipal politicians:
Other prominent individuals:(1)
Organizations: (2)
Total endorsements: 4

Platforms
2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election - Verified Candidates[288]
Issue Leslyn Lewis Peter MacKay Erin O'Toole Derek Sloan
Abortion
  • Allow MPs to introduce legislation restricting abortion[290]
  • Would vote against legislation to restrict abortion[290]
  • Backed out of requiring all cabinet members to vote against any legislation to restrict abortion
  • Allow MPs to introduce legislation restricting abortion[291]
  • Would vote against legislation to restrict abortion[291]
  • Allow MPs to introduce legislation restricting abortion[292]
  • Prohibit sex-selective abortion[289][293]
  • Prohibit mid-birth abortions[293]
  • Require abortion facilities to show pregnant women an ultrasound of their pregnancy before conducting an abortion[293]
Agriculture
  • Enhance the young farmer program offered by Farm Credit Canada program with more low-interest loans[294]
  • Launch a national Alternative Land Use System to give farmers financial aid for environmental stewardship[295]
Business
      • Expand the Emergency Business Account program to small and medium sized businesses[295]
      • Eliminate interprovincial trade barriers[295]
      • Ending corporate subsidies[295]
      • Provide interim and exit financing through BDC to permit insolvent businesses to reorganize[295]
      • Create a New Hire Incentive, providing a reduced EI premium for all SMEs for any increase of $50,000 in insurable earnings over the previous tax year to promote hiring[295]
      • Allow for a one time $50,000 RRSP withdrawal to invest in one's business[295]
        Childcare
            • Begin the Canada Child Benefit during the seventh month of pregnancy[295]
            • Double the Child Care Expense deduction[295]
            • Convert Child Care expense deduction into a refundable tax credit[295]
            • Give two weeks of paid parental leave to women experiencing miscarriage or stillbirth[295]
            • Provide 15-weeks maternity leave to parents who adopt children[293]
            Deficit
            • Gradually eliminate the deficit and balance the budget[289]
            • Gradually eliminate the deficit and balance the budget[296]
            • Gradually eliminate the deficit and balance the budget[297]
            Energy
            • Repeal Bill C-69 ("The modernization of the National Energy Board and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency") to promote pipeline construction[289]
            • Repeal Bill C-48 ("An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil") to promote pipeline construction[289]
            • Repeal Bill C-69 ("The modernization of the National Energy Board and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency") to promote pipeline construction[298]
            • Repeal Bill C-48 ("An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil") to promote pipeline construction[298]
            • Repeal Bill C-69 ("The modernization of the National Energy Board and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency") to promote pipeline construction[295]
            • Repeal Bill C-48 ("An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil") to promote pipeline construction[299]
            • Fund research and development of small modular reactors[295]
            • Repeal Bill C-69 ("The modernization of the National Energy Board and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency") to promote pipeline construction[300]
            • Repeal Bill C-48 ("An Act respecting the regulation of vessels that transport crude oil or persistent oil") to promote pipeline construction[300]
            Environment
            • Approve more LNG projects to reduce reliance on coal
            • Provide public funding and a tax credit to clean up “orphan” oil and gas wells[301]
            • Increase tree planting[302]
            • Create a tax credit for property retrofitting that reduces emissions[302]
            • Approve more LNG projects to reduce reliance on coal[303]
            • Invest more in carbon sequestration[304]
            • Approve more LNG projects to reduce reliance on coal[295]
            • Fund carbon sequestration, carbon capture and carbon storage[295]
            • Prohibit the dumping of raw sewage into rivers[295]
            Firearms
            • Repeal the May 2020 federal firearm ban (SOR/2020-96)[309]
            • Completely review the Firearms Act to reduce bureaucracy[310]
            • Repeal the May 2020 federal firearm ban (SOR/2020-96)[311]
            • Repeal Bill C-71 ("An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms")(2019)[312][311]
            • Repeal the May 2020 federal firearm ban (SOR/2020-96)[313]
            • Repeal Bill C-71 ("An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms")(2019)[295]
            • Legislate a simplified classification system for firearms[295]
            • Allow the discharge of restricted firearms on one's property, in accordance with the rules currently applied to non-restricted firearms[295]
            • Give cabinet the final authority to determine firearm classifications[295]
            • Decriminalize firearm offences caused by administrative expires[295]
            • Repeal the May 2020 federal firearm ban (SOR/2020-96)[314]
            • Repeal Bill C-71 ("An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms")(2019)[314]
            • Repeal Bill C-42 ("An Act to amend the Firearms Act and the Criminal Code")(2015)[314]
            • Repeal Bill C-68 ("An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and other Acts in consequence")(1995)[314]
            • Repeal Bill C-17 ("An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act") (1991)[314]
            • Repeal Bill C-51 ("An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act") (1977)[314]
            • Decriminalize non-victim, non-violent firearm offences[314]
            • Completely review the Firearms Act to reduce bureaucracy[314]
            Foreign
            • Move Canada's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem[289]
            • Reopen the Office of Religious Freedom[315]
            • Remove abortion funding from foreign aid[289]
            • Consider using the Magnitsky Act against China[316]
            • Reduce foreign aid spending by at least 25%[317]
            • Move Canada's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem[321]
            • Reopen the Office of Religious Freedom[295]
            • Suspend the Canada-China Legislative Association[295]
            • Consider using the Magnitsky Act against China and Iran[295]
            • Remove abortion funding from foreign aid[292]
            Health
            • Allow medical practitioners to refuse to engage in abortion or assissted-suicide[322]
            • Repeal Bill C-7 which expands doctor assisted suicide to people who's natural death is not "reasonably foreseeable"[323]
            • Increase funding for pregnancy centres[289]
            • Increase funding for palliative care[323]
            • No mandatory vaccinations, vaccinations should be decided by Canadians while consulting with their family doctor[324]
            • Allow medical practitioners to refuse to engage in abortion or assissted-suicide[325]
            • Allow trans people and homosexual men to donate blood[326]
            • Restore funding for the Veterans’ Service Animals’ programs, including support for veterinary costs.[327]`
            • Allow medical practitioners to refuse to engage in abortion or assissted-suicide[328]
            • Convene a Royal Commission on the Pandemic to analyze Canada's response to the COVID-19 pandemic[329]
            • Allow homosexual men to donate blood[295]
            • Allow medical practitioners to refuse to engage in abortion or assissted-suicide[330]
            • Repeal Bill C-7 which expands doctor assisted suicide to people who's natural death is not "reasonably foreseeable"[293]
            • Reduce equalization payments to provinces that force medical practitioners to engage in abortion or assissted-suicide[330]
            • Fire chief public health officer Dr. Tam for trusting information provided by the World Health Organization and China about COVID-19[331]
            • No mandatory vaccinations, vaccinations should be decided by Canadians while consulting with their family doctor[332]
            • Ban sex-change surgeries for minors[333]
            Immigration
            • Renegotiate the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States[334]
            • Stop illegal border crossings by preventing Americans from applying for refugee status in Canada[335]
            • Renegotiate the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States[336]
            • Review Canada’s temporary foreign worker program[337]
            • Close the illegal border crossing at Roxham Road[338][339]
            • Renegotiate the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States[295]
            • Grant asylum to pro-democracy activists fleeing persecution in Hong Kong[340]
            • Close the illegal border crossing at Roxham Road[295]
            • Increase the quota for privately sponsored refugees[341]
            • Reduce annual immigration rates from 350,000 to 150,000[341]
            Indigenous
            • Pursue economic partnerships with indigenous communities[342]
            • Redirect money from foreign aid to providing Indigenous reserves with clean drinking water[289]
            • Pursue economic partnerships with indigenous communities[343]
            • Pursue economic partnerships with indigenous communities[295]
            • Appoint an RCMP Aboriginal Liaison Officer[295]
            • Use Aboriginal Liaison officers to re-examine cold cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
            • Pursue economic partnerships with indigenous communities[344]
            Internal
            • Do not disqualify nomination and leadership candidates for their political views[345]
            • Allow Conservative Electoral District Associations to keep their full Elections Canada rebates[346]
            • Allow Conservative Electoral District Associations to keep their full Elections Canada rebates[347]
            • Add party members to Board of the Conservative Fund[295]
            • Do not disqualify nomination and leadership candidates for their political views[348]
            Labour
            • Allow small business owners to invest their RRSP funds into their enterprises[350]
            Legal
            • Oppose defunding the RCMP[351]
            • Increase criminal penalties for human trafficking[289]
            • Criminalize coercing people into having abortions[352]
            • Oppose defunding the RCMP[353]
            • Invest more in cybersecurity and the protection of democratic institutions[337]
            • Increase spending on enforcement in the areas of counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft[336]
            • Oppose defunding the RCMP[354]
            • Criminalize blocking railways, airports, ports, or major roads, or entrances to businesses or households[355]
            • Use the notwithstanding clause to impose mandatory minimum sentences for violent crime[356]
            • Impose sanctions on entities that violate China's legal obligations to Hong Kong, as well as on banks that do business with these entities[340]
            • Ensure that judges at bail hearings are informed of past criminal actions of accused individuals[295]
            • Prohibit individuals under peace bond or protective order from owning a “firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or explosive substance[295]
            • Make it a duty of the police to inform potential or suspected victims of domestic violence of an offending partner’s criminal history[295]
            • Designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization[295]
            • End the Court Challenges Program[295]
            • Restore section 230 of the Canadian Criminal Code[295]
            • Enact Clare's Law[295]
            • Enact Wynn's Law[295]
            • Oppose defunding the RCMP[357]
            • Increase funding for border patrol[341]
            • Designate ANTIFA as a terrorist organization[358]
            • Revoke the citizenship of dual citizens who are convicted terrorists[359]
            • Pass an Unborn Victims of Violence Act[293]
            • Pass a Born Alive Infant Protection Act[293]
            Media


            • Increase spending on projects to bring high-speed internet access to all parts of Canada[360]
            • End funding for CBC English TV and News Networks by 50%[295]
            • End subsidies for media companies[361]
            • Repeal changes that allow the CRTC to regulate online streaming and online news services[295]
            • Make subscriptions to Canadian publications tax-deductible[295]
            • Extend Section 19 of the Income Tax Act to internet advertising[295]
            • Increase spending on projects to bring high-speed internet access to all parts of Canada[295]
            Military
              • Meet the 2% of GDP targets for defence spending set out by NATO[362]
              • Create a long-term plan to develop a port community and military base in Churchill, Manitoba[337]
              • Build a new high-tech early warning system in Canada's Arctic territory[337]
              • Expand Canadian Rangers and Junior Rangers in Northern communities[337]
              • Meet the 2% of GDP targets for defence spending set out by NATO[295]
              • Cover the costs of psychiatric service dogs for veterans[295]
              • Build the Afghanistan War Memorial[295]
              • Develop military exchange programs with Ukraine and Israel[295]
              • Assign defence procurement to a single minister[295]
              • Meet the 2% of GDP targets for defence spending set out by NATO within five years[363]
              Provinces and Territories
                • Allow provinces to have a say in energy projects on their territory[364]
                • Increase Quebec’s autonomy over immigration-related matters[295]
                • Remove restrictions around federal transfers for social programs[295]
                Senate
                      Speech
                      • Protect free speech by repealing Bill C-16 (which adds gender expression and gender identity as protected grounds to the Canadian Human Rights Act)[289]
                      • Protect free speech by repealing Bill C-8 (which bans consensual conversion therapy)[289]
                      • Supports Bill C-16 (which adds gender expression and gender identity as protected grounds to the Canadian Human Rights Act)[365]
                      • Supports Bill C-16 (which adds gender expression and gender identity as protected grounds to the Canadian Human Rights Act)[366]
                      • Protect free speech by repealing Bill C-16 (which adds gender expression and gender identity as protected grounds to the Canadian Human Rights Act)[367]
                      • Protect free speech by repealing Bill C-8 (which bans consensual conversion therapy)[368]
                      • Reduce equalization payments to provinces that prohibit anti-abortion protests near abortion facilities[293]
                      Taxation
                      • Repeal the carbon tax[289]
                      • Reduce income taxes for couples by introducing income-splitting for families[369]
                      • Raise the Charitable Tax Credit to 40%[315]
                      • Repeal the carbon tax[370]
                      • Eliminate the tax on split income of businesses[371]
                      • No Limit Tax-Free RRSP withdrawal for first time home buyers[372]
                      • Provide tax credits and incentives to private sector employers who bring ex-military into their ranks[327]
                      • Reduce the small business tax rate on retained earnings in the business[350]
                      • Repeal the carbon tax[373]
                      • Eliminate the tax on split income of businesses[295]
                      • Reduce income taxes for couples by introducing income-splitting for families[295]
                      • Include Service Club Dues as charitable expenses[295]
                      Trade
                      • Prevent Huawei from entering Canada's 5G Networks[376]
                      • Support creating a CANZUK agreement between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to allow for free trade, enhanced defence partnerships and freedom to study, live and work[377]
                      • End imports of petroleum from outside of North America[295]
                      • Pursue a free trade agreement with India[295]
                      • Build and enhance deep-water ports at Churchill and Baffin Island[295]
                      United Nations
                        • Withhold funding from UNRWA, if significant reforms are not made[295]
                        Veterans
                        • Stop requiring veterans with permanent physical disabilities to prove that they are disabled every year in order to get benefits[289]
                        • Empower VAC employees to adjudicate benefit claims[295]
                        • Merge the veterans' benefits from the Canadian Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Canada[295]
                        • Implement the Lifelong Disability Benefit for moderately to severely injured veterans[295]

                        Fundraising

                        First quarter of 2020

                        Verified candidates

                        Withdrawn candidates
                        • Jim Karahalios (disqualified) raised $294,522 from 1,700 contributions.[381]
                        • Marilyn Gladu (withdrew) raised $94,734.[381]
                        • Rick Peterson (withdrew) raised $35,598.[381]
                        • Rudy Husny (withdrew) raised $28,941.[381]

                        Withdrew or failed to qualify

                        Failed to qualify as authorized contestants

                        Approved applicants who failed to pass the second qualification stage that required 2,000 signatures and the submission of the full $100,000 compliance fee and at least $50,000 of the entrance fee by 25 March 2020 or who disqualified between Stage 1 and Stage 2.[383]

                        Marilyn Gladu
                        Marilyn Gladu
                        Background

                        Marilyn Gladu, 57, is the MP for Sarnia—Lambton (2015–present), and was the Shadow Minister of Health (2017–2020),[384] Shadow Minister of Science (2015–2017). Prior to entering politics, she was an engineer for Dow Chemical.[385][386]

                        Candidacy announced: 9 January 2020[387]
                        Candidacy suspended: 25 March 2020
                        Date registered with Elections Canada:
                        Campaign website:

                        Rudy Husny
                        Background

                        Rudy Husny is Director of Stakeholder Relations in the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition and candidate in Outremont in 2011 and 2015.[388][389]

                        Candidacy announced: 8 February 2020[390][391]
                        Candidacy suspended: 19 March 2020[392]

                        Withdrew due to tight election timeline and rules. Husny cited the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis as his stated reason for suspending his campaign, saying it is just not right to ask people for money during a public health emergency.[392]

                        Date registered with Elections Canada:
                        Campaign website:
                        Endorsements of Rudy Husny
                        Other prominent individuals:
                        • Aron Seal (Conservative Party of Canada leadership contestant, 2020).[393]

                        Jim Karahalios
                        Background

                        Jim Karahalios is a corporate lawyer and founder of activist groups "Axe The Carbon Tax" and "Take Back Our PC Party". He sued the Ontario PC party after narrowly losing an election in November 2018 for party president, but the case has not yet been tried. He is accusing the Ontario PC party of ballot stuffing in that election.[394]

                        Karahalios obtained the required 3,000 verified signatures and collected $300,000 for the entrance fee, but CPC officers refused to put his name on the ballot. The exact reasons for Karahalios's disqualification were not released.[395] Karahalios contested the disqualification in court.[396][44] On May 20, 2020, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice reinstated his candidacy.[397][398] The judge's decision was made on the basis that the subcommittee which disqualified Karahalios did not have the authority to do so. The day after Karahalios was reinstated as a candidate, he was disqualified by the leadership election organizing committee (LEOC), a body which the judge stated had the authority to disqualify candidates.[399]

                        Candidacy announced: 28 January 2020[400]
                        Disqualified: 20 March 2020
                        Reinstated by court: 20 May 2020
                        Disqualified: 21 May 2020
                        Date registered with Elections Canada:
                        Campaign website: Jim Karahalios for Conservative Party Leader
                        Endorsements of Jim Karahalios
                        Provincial politicians:
                        Organizations: Campaign Life Coalition[402]

                        Rick Peterson
                        Rick Peterson
                        Background

                        Rick Peterson, 64, is a venture capitalist, party fundraiser, principal of Peterson Capital, and a former candidate for leadership of the British Columbia Conservative Party. He was a member of the Progressive Conservatives at the time of the merger. He ran and placed 12th in the 2017 Conservative leadership election.[403][404]

                        Candidacy announced: 22 January 2020[405]
                        Candidacy suspended: 20 March 2020[406]

                        Withdrew due to tight election timeline and rules. Peterson also cited the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis as his stated reason for suspending his campaign. Endorsed Peter MacKay.[406]

                        Date registered with Elections Canada:
                        Campaign website: rickcpc.ca
                        Policies
                        • Implement a 15% federal flat tax[407]
                        • Eliminate the federal corporate income tax
                        • Repeal of Bill C-48[407]
                        • Replace the federal carbon tax with a levy on heavy emitters[407]
                        • End supply management
                        Endorsements of Rick Peterson
                        Senators:
                        Former provincial politicians:
                        Other prominent individuals:

                        Failed to qualify as approved applicants

                        Declared candidates who failed to pass the first qualification stage by obtaining at least 1,000 signatures, submit at least $25,000 of the entrance fee by 27 February 2020 and/or pass the vetting process.[383]

                        Richard Décarie
                        Background

                        Richard Décarie, 60, was the Deputy Chief of Staff to then-Opposition Leader Stephen Harper and Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor to then-Premier Jean Charest.[411][412]

                        Candidacy announced: 30 January 2020 [412]
                        Notes
                        Décarie advocated for social conservative values.[412]  "I think 'LGBTQ' is a Liberal term. I don't talk about people that way, I talk about persons, and I think we all need the full respect for being a human being."[413] When asked by an interviewer whether "being gay" was a "choice" or not, Décarie said that it was.  This answer lead to calls by Kory Teneycke, a former senior aide to both Stephen Harper and Doug Ford, that he be barred from running.[48] Décarie acquired the required number of signatures and paid the deposit but was disqualified by the party following his interview with the nomination committee.[414] Endorsed Derek Sloan.[286]

                        Clayton Knutzon
                        Background

                        Clayton Knutzon is a former Freedom Conservative Party candidate in Alberta.[415][400]

                        Candidacy announced: 22 December 2019[400]

                        Bobby Singh
                        Background

                        Bobby Singh is a Toronto businessman and the former CPC candidate for Scarborough—Rouge Park, Ontario in the 2019 election. Endorsed Peter MacKay.[416]

                        Candidacy announced: 15 January 2020[54]

                        Irvin Studin
                        Background

                        Irvin Studin is a senior fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, a Rhodes Scholar, former professional soccer player with the Toronto Lynx, and served in the Privy Council Office between 2002 and 2006.[417]

                        Candidacy announced: 25 February 2020[417]

                        Withdrawn prior to 27 February 2020

                        Bryan Brulotte
                        Background

                        CEO and chair of employment firm MaxSys Staffing and Consulting (1993–present), deputy chief of staff to Paul Dick (1993), Progressive Conservative candidate for Lanark-Carleton in 2000.[418]

                        Candidacy announced: 16 December 2019[418][419]
                        Candidacy suspended: 14 January 2020[210]
                        Campaign Website: www.bryanbrulotte.ca
                        Notes

                        Withdrew following the release of the leadership election rules. Endorsed Peter MacKay.[210]

                        Aron Seal

                        Aron Seal, a former policy advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Director of Policy for Tony Clement and Jim Flaherty.[405][420][421][393]

                        Candidacy announced: 22 October 2019
                        Candidacy suspended: 25 February 2020[393]
                        Campaign website: www.millennialconservative.ca
                        Notes

                        Withdrew saying that new signature requirements and deadlines were "designed to keep outsider candidates out". Endorsed Rudy Husny.[393]

                        Declined

                        Opinion polling

                        After candidate registration deadline

                        Conservative Party members
                        Polling firm/link Last date of polling Sample size Margin of error Peter MacKay Erin O'Toole Leslyn Lewis Derek Sloan Undecided Notes
                        Mainstreet/iPolitics 20-21 May 2020 7,958 ± 1.1% 39% 31% 10% 6% 14%
                        Mainstreet/iPolitics 12 May 2020 6,624 ± 2.62% 40% 34% 9% 5% 13%

                        Conservative Party supporters
                        Polling firm/link Last date of polling Sample size Margin of error Peter MacKay Erin O'Toole Leslyn Lewis Derek Sloan Undecided Notes
                        Léger 21 June 2020 351 ± 2.51% 30% 10% 8% 5% 47%
                        Abacus Data 21 May 2020 1,800 ± 2.3% 69% 31% -- -- -- Did not include Lewis and Sloan.

                        All Canadians
                        Polling firm/link Last date of polling Sample size Margin of error Peter MacKay Erin O'Toole Leslyn Lewis Derek Sloan Undecided Notes
                        Léger 21 June 2020 1,521 ± 2.51% 18% 5% 4% 2% 70%
                        Abacus Data 21 May 2020 1,800 ± 2.3% 61% 39% -- -- -- Did not include Lewis and Sloan.

                        Before candidate registration deadline

                        Conservative Party supporters
                        Polling firm/link Last date of polling Sample size Margin of error
                        Other
                        Undecided
                        		 Notes
                        Léger 4 March 2020 382 ± 2.5% -- -- 38% -- -- -- -- -- -- 9% -- -- -- 6% 47% --
                        Léger 1 February 2020 402 ± 2.53% -- -- 42% -- -- -- 6% -- -- 4% -- -- -- 3% 45% Gladu 2%

                        Décarie 1%

                        Léger 7 January 2020 392 ± 2.49% 18% 18% 12% 6% 4% 4% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% -- 29% --
                        EKOS Research 17 December 2019 340 ± 5.3% 27.8% 12.3% 14.6% 4.0% – 0.9%* 8.0% 0.0%* 1.6% 0.9% 2.4% – 0.0%* 19.8%* 7.6% *Includes

                        write-ins

                        All Canadians
                        Polling firm/link Last date of polling Sample size Margin of error
                        Other
                        Undecided
                        		 Notes
                        Léger 4 March 2020 1,540 ± 2.5% -- 25% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14% 63% O'Toole 4%

                        Peterson 2%

                        Gladu 2%

                        Décarie 2%

                        Lewis 1%

                        Sloan 1%

                        Karahalios 1%

                        Husny 1%

                        Léger 1 February 2020 1,501 ± 2.53% -- 28% -- -- -- 4% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8% 60% O'Toole 3%

                        Gladu 3%

                        Décarie 2%

                        Léger 7 January 2020 1,557 ± 2.49% 10% 7% – 4% 9% 1% – 2% – 3% – – – 12% 51% –
                        EKOS Research 17 December 2019 1,543 ± 2.5% 19.3% 11.8% 8.0% 6.3% 5.2% 3.5% 0.3%* 0.5%* – 2.1% 0.2%* 3.9% 0.4%* 17.0% 22.9% *Write ins
                        Angus Reid 11 December 2019 4,516 ± 1.0% 27% 21% 9% – – 9% 8% 8% 7% 7% 6% 5% 5% – 0% Respondents could pick up to 3 choices

                        See also

                        Notes
                        1. Originally scheduled for 27 June 2020; rescheduled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Canada.
                        2. Resident of Ontario. Candidate for Scarborough—Rouge Park, Ontario in 2015.
                        3. Resident of Ontario. Former MP for Central Nova, Nova Scotia.

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