Sunday, January 05, 2020

#CANADA: Conservatives Set June 27 For Leadership Election

[world politics news]


Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer says he wants to resign following his party's drubbing at the polls last year, but the party will take six months to choose his replacement which is being billed as a "quick" transition by party leaders.

The Conservative Party will select its new leader on June 27 in Toronto, says the head of the party's leadership organizing committee.

Dan Nowlan told CBC News that the committee chose that date based on feedback from party members. With a minority Liberal government in office that could fall at any point, "we have an obligation as the opposition party to be ready as quickly as we can," Nowlan said.

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