Tom Flanagan is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Calgary and a former Conservative campaign manager.
Readers will recall that Mr. MacKay was the newly chosen leader of the Progressive Conservatives when he and Stephen Harper agreed in 2003 to put their careers on the line and merge the PCs with the Canadian Alliance. René Lévesque might have called it “le beau risque.”Mr. MacKay was clearly ambitious, but he set aside his ambitions and decided not to run for the leadership of the new CPC. The decision also illustrated the hard-headed realism that has marked his career.
Coming from Nova Scotia and now living in Toronto, Mr. MacKay is well positioned to attract the suburban Ontario voters that the previous CPC leader had difficulty reaching. Yet he can also become an attractive figure in the West. He took a public stand in 2016 in favour of the now-abandoned Energy East proposal, writing that “pipelines present a modern-day equivalent of the Canadian Pacific Railway – John A. Macdonald’s visionary project.
Of course, it may be hard for some of us who first became politically active in the Reform Party to accept a leader who is not from the West. But Preston Manning, the Reform Party’s founder and only leader, recognized that alliances were necessary to achieve Western objectives. Like Peter MacKay, he sacrificed his own leadership to build a larger party – the Canadian Alliance, and ultimately the CPC.
GlobeDebate obviously he will win, i just wish this time around he would vote for Canada instead of the USA, everything he has done in the past did not help Canada in any way if you want the links and the proof I can provide this
GlobeDebate Before the CPC_HQ gets too giddy about PeterMackay as a leadership candidate, let’s remember one of the reasons why he crawled away and hid under a political rock for over 10yrs... (When Jason Kenney tells you to mind your parliamentary manners, you’ve sunk pretty low)
GlobeDebate nice try.
briarstorm GlobeDebate He’s not my choice. I think we’re looking at an Irish setter here.
GlobeDebate Sounds like a great reason not to support him
GlobeDebate I’m an old school Canadian Conservative. I’m 70 and have been a Conservative all my life. We need someone that can move the CPC forward into the future. A dynamic leader that is smart, savvy, well informed & knows the issues Canadians care about. That Leader is Pierre Poilierve.
GlobeDebate MSM again spinning their crap so their boy gets in...
GlobeDebate Yeah, you know what you can do with that. Roll up that paper and insert it. Nova Scotians know better.
GlobeDebate This guy isn’t a leader for anything. Couldn’t do anything right while he was second in command before, why would it be any different now?
GlobeDebate you know what they say about 'opinions' ....... enough said. it'd be nice is some of these MSM types actually did some 'reporting'..... instead of click bait, but I guess this is where we are. 👨🦯👩🦯🐏🐏
GlobeDebate Your endorsement means nothing
GlobeDebate No
GlobeDebate If the globe and mail are promoting Peter, one thing is guaranteed; he won’t be getting my vote.
GlobeDebate Dream on.
GlobeDebate No he is not! It pisses me off when journalist think they know best.
GlobeDebate This should tell you all you need to know about who NOT to pick for CPC Leader !
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GlobeDebate Meh.
GlobeDebate Nooooooo😡
GlobeDebate Why would any conservative be persuaded by the left wing propaganda arm? True conservatives need to examine and join the peoplespca to vote for MaximeBernier
GlobeDebate Why would any conservative be persuaded be the left win propaganda arm? True conservatives need to examine and join the peoplespca to vote for MaximeBernier
GlobeDebate There you have it; if the Gloat and Maul says it...
GlobeDebate Horseshit
GlobeDebate If u recommend then that guy is not right for sure.
GlobeDebate Ya. No.
GlobeDebate Can male journalists please stop calling MacKay handsome, because he is not! And people I know who went to Dal Law school with him say he was as dumb as a door knob! So maybe he will make a good leader of the CPC!?
GlobeDebate Not!
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GlobeDebate A Hard No from me
GlobeDebate If the says so then he's definitely the WRONG guy
KristinRaworth GlobeDebate Already sick of this shit and it hasn't even started. CPC_HQ dropped the ball on this one. Will cost next election if not our nation. FOOLS.
GlobeDebate Not if you guys are pushing it
GlobeDebate Peter MacKay is a joke. Tell him we don't want him.
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GlobeDebate No thanks. We need someone that will stand up to JT & his band of fools. He’s just not the guy for the job. A good cabinet post would work.
GlobeDebate Peter MacKay sounds great for Trudeau and WEXIT. The CPC though... not so much.
GlobeDebate Go PierrePoilievre !!!
GlobeDebate Pierre it is then.
GlobeDebate Wexit is the only path for the West of Bananada.
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GlobeDebate Nice try! 😂😂😂
GlobeDebate Bullshit. How about a conservative for a change?
GlobeDebate Wrong.
GlobeDebate These people don't get it. Canadians don't consent to the UN agenda.
GlobeDebate UMMMMMM......NOOOO HARD PASS
GlobeDebate The bad news is that he has Jennie Byrne helping with his campaign. Jennie and Kellie Leitch lost Harper the government and are the very people that made conservatives awful and are not real conservative. There are no real conservatives. .........................................
GlobeDebate Wrong! Pierre Polivere!
GlobeDebate As supported by the liberal party of Canada and their propaganda arm, the msm. No liberal lites . Conservatives need a real Conservative to lead our party.
GlobeDebate The Blue Tories hate him because he’s a Red Tory; and Red Tories hate him because he sold out to Harper when CPC was formed. He has no base.
GlobeDebate If the globe supports him I def do not,
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GlobeDebate Just glad it isn't another Reformer at the helm. Social Conservatives need to sit down and shut their mouths.
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GlobeDebate NOT
GlobeDebate Not very likely!
GlobeDebate He’s not getting my vote! Backstabbing just doesn’t cut it!
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GlobeDebate Because, what cpc would like more than anything, is to lose another election
GlobeDebate If the Liberal media likes the candidate, it's not a good candidate.
GlobeDebate Lol no
GlobeDebate No, no he's not.
GlobeDebate A endorsement from the Globe and Mail. All the more reason to choose someone else.
GlobeDebate Isn't MacKay the guy who got sloppy with some government documents?
GlobeDebate Globe and Mail has really gone down hill over the years 😩
GlobeDebate Rona
GlobeDebate The fact the endorses MacKay means he's the wrong guy.
GlobeDebate So he's not. Journalists always back the worse.
GlobeDebate LMAO. This headline is golden.
GlobeDebate Rona Ambrose!
GlobeDebate So glad I no longer pay for your shitbag paper
GlobeDebate LOL this Globe piece pretty much sums up MacKay. cdnpoli
GlobeDebate He's not the leader I want for the CPC.
GlobeDebate Yes, a chance to redeem himself, after allowing the unfortunate merger of the PC party and the Reform/ Alliance.
GlobeDebate Are you crazy? Pierre is our man!
GlobeDebate Why would a liberal media source think any intelligent conservative would care who they think would make the best liberal conservative leader?
GlobeDebate Like fuck he is.
GlobeDebate Nope!
GlobeDebate 🤣😂 if the liberal propaganda media wants MacKay, then know he is NOT the right choice! PierrePoilievre is our man!
GlobeDebate PeterMackay is useless. Press likes him because he's a DLobal liberal shite he only recollection I have of him is when he cried like a child when Stronach dumped him. He's NOT A LEADER!
GlobeDebate Look at the G&M trying to set the agenda, sway public opinion. Unfortunately, conservatives have learned to ignore liberal propaganda delivered through msm. Didn’t you get the memo?
GlobeDebate Not fascist or racist enough. NEXT!
GlobeDebate No
GlobeDebate No, but the liberal media like him because he'll lose.
GlobeDebate 1000 times NO. The establishment and the media will be pushing for a fake conservative to be the CPC nominee. Good thing the CPC membership is smarter than them. cdnpoli
GlobeDebate 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🙈🙈🙈😄😄😄
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GlobeDebate If he gets the seal of approval from the Laurentian Elite Globe he is NOT the best candidate for the Conservatives.
GlobeDebate This is not, and never will be for the media to decide, this will be up to CPC members and their votes.
GlobeDebate Y'all smokin' some good shit eh?! This is the clown who sold out the PCs to the right-wing loons who don't give two flying f*cks about the Canadian people. Get bent.
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