The defining issue of the week for the Conservative leadership candidates was the blockades that continue to grind parts of Canada’s rail network to a standstill.
O’Toole said that as prime minister he would introduce legislation to designate ports and major railways, highways and bridges as critical national infrastructure and make it a criminal offence to block them, even without a court injunction. He also promised to declare a general policy that police should clear blockades quickly so they don’t grow to the point where “clearing them risks violence.
One person working for a rival campaign expressed some sympathy and speculated that it was an issue of too many cooks in the kitchen and mixed messages. Former Conservative candidate and ministerial adviser Rudy Husny said he submitted his application on Thursday and is waiting to hear from the party on its approval. Even if some signatures are ineligible due to lapsed memberships, Husny said he doesn’t see any issue in meeting the threshold.Candidates have to get an additional 1,000 signatures and $125,000 to meet the second threshold, which allows them access to the party’s membership list.
Virtually everything that makes an email look good, whether it’s graphics, links or urgent language, increases the chances that a spam filter will snag it.The Ontario Progressive Conservatives will be holding their party’s convention in Niagara Falls this weekend and the leadership candidates will be swarming all over the place.
I feel sad Twitter wasn't around in the 80s. Good thing we have McKay pushing failed 80s justice policy to show us what it would have been like.
Let him speak his mind.
JT is a gold mine for twitter. He walks into punchlines all day long. And from the cons. Crickets. The cons are looking dated.
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