Reference to the CFA’s Advocacy Update from September 8, 2022

The Conservative Party will select a new leader Saturday night at a convention in Ottawa.

The party reported last week that more than half of the 678,000 ballots it sent out to members have been returned. Veteran Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre’s camp says he has sold more than 300,000 memberships, making him the perceived front-runner.

Poilievre’s facing off against former Quebec premier Jean Charest, fellow caucus members Leslyn Lewis and Scott Aitchison, and Roman Baber, a former Ontario MPP who was booted from the Progressive Conservative caucus over opposing lockdowns.