Posted yesterday at 1:00 p.m.
To the right, but… not too much
Conservatives must avoid becoming radicalized, especially socially. Their anti-abortion stance, among other things, keeps them out of power. Seems to me there must be, an economically right-wing conservative, but whose values don’t date back to the 1930s. social groups of McKay, who seems to want to represent himself (according to his site), were less outdated. Will the Conservatives make the same mistake twice?
Alexandre Lachance
Structure to review
I lean toward conservative progressiveness, and the far-right lean that the Conservative Party is about to take is against my values. No matter who they put in power, they won’t be able to rally the troops to lead the party to victory in the next election if the structure stays that way. I therefore advocate a return to the Progressive Conservative Party. The marriage with the Reform Party has lasted long enough. They lost my vote. Nevertheless, I favor Gérard Deltell for the position. Caroline Mulroney is my second choice.
Francois Chouinard, Levis
In solution mode
No matter the name, whoever is elected leader must solve the mystery of squaring the circle or be ejected.
Alain Rousseau
A party to split
Any moderate leader who might have a chance of being elected prime minister will meet resistance from the radical fringe of the Canadian alliance elders. I believe the party should be split into a progressive party and a more conservative one. There are irreconcilable ideas in this party.
Sylvain Dupuis, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton
Caroline Mulroney
Caroline Mulroney. She would be an excellent opponent against Justin Trudeau.
Blandine Beaulieu
The Challenge of Finding a Great Leader
Peter Mackay, Rona Ambrose, Gérard Deltell, Pierre Poilievre… but the problem with this party is that to attract the vote of Ontario, Quebec and southern British Columbia, you have to be a Progressive Conservative. However, their ridings and their membership are in the prairies and in the interior of British Columbia, where the people are more old-style Conservatives. It takes a great leader to bring those two visions together, and that’s hard to find.
Louis Gagne, Piedmont
Doomed to split
The Conservative Party’s problem is not Erin O’Toole. Nor Andrew Scheer. The Conservative Party’s problem is… the Conservative Party! With the growing schism within its organization, unable to elect MPs in major Canadian urban areas, this party was doomed to split and become a regional party representing the interests of Western Canada. The best balancing act would not be able to reconcile pro-oil with progressives in the provinces east of Manitoba. Pierre Poilievre will be deemed too sharp in Ontario and Quebec. Peter MacKay will be deemed too soft by the West members. John Charest? Why would he want to get into such a quagmire? Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau died laughing…
Daniel Crevier
Michael Fortier, failing Kenney
A charismatic, unifying and perfectly bilingual being. Jason Kenney being already burned as premier of Alberta, I see for the moment only Michael Fortier as a suitor.
Pierre Charlebois
Defeat Trudeau
Pierre Poilievre, Jean Charest. Anyone who can beat Trudeau.
Bernard Laliberte
Alain Rayes
The only person I see with the qualities of a unifier and progressive ideas and capable of taming the supporters of the right is Alain Rayes.
Serge Fontaine
A lost party
Ideally, it would be Jean Charest. But the CCP is completely lost. The party no longer has any political bearings and does not give a damn about Quebec. And he doesn’t have much more love for Ontario. The CCP should understand that Canadians want to be governed from the center, not too much to the left, but above all, not too much to the right.
Pierre Alarie
A new party
It’s not a new leader for the CCP that Canada needs, but a new political party with the fervor to govern from the center to warm up the Liberals!
Christian Masse