An individual who spent 20 years in the House of Commons, during which he was entrusted with three cabinet portfolios should be known for at least one initiative he can point to, a project of national significance he created, or a true legacy he left behind. No such legacy exists with Peter Mackay, nothing to show true, humble direction in management or governance. Just not a leader...
Peter MacKay won’t keep our party
conservative
...
With Peter MacKay as leader and the unapologetic comments he recently directed
to certain Party members does not contribute to creating a unified national
party ... momentum we need to win an election. Some go so far as to say that
with Mackay as leader, it will ensure a split and creation of a third national
Conservative party ... another Reform or Canadian Alliance.
While such action would relegate us to opposition for many years, it’s well known that voters will only support a leader where they feel comfortable, a party where they feel welcomed, and which is not Liberal-lite. Hopefully we won’t choose to go through that cycle again? With Peter Mackay as leader, to be honest with voters some say we would even have to change the Party’s name.
Peter MacKay is not loyal ...
Peter Mackay is not loyal to the Party or to our leader ... raising money for a
leadership run even before the last election, his statements of “stinking
albatross” and “empty net”, even before Mr Scheer decided to step down, is
nothing but disloyal, and totally disrespectful to the entire party membership
who had rallied around the Party Leader. Peter MacKay also needs to address the
story that he has demanded a personal salary from his leadership campaign for
this duration.
Peter MacKay is not a team player ...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that the two MPs who caused the most
grief during his tenure as Prime Minister were Steven Fletcher and Peter
MacKay! Now we are asked to support him for leader? He’s not a team player.
A recent article in Macleans magazine referred to the constant challenges that both the PMO and Party Headquarters had with Peter Mackay in trying to create a cooperative relationship so necessary for successful campaigns. I witnessed this personally.
Question: Why are so few of Peter MacKay’s former cabinet colleagues supporting his bid for leadership of our party? Why have more than two thirds of the Conservative caucus refused or declined to endorse Peter Mackay? They’ve all had tremendous pressure to do so ... it shows that Peter Mackay is not a team player.
Peter MacKay now calls himself the “co-founder” of the Conservative Party ... but speak to those who were involved in discussions and negotiations at the time, those who served on the interim National Council, and those who attended the meetings. Peter Mackay would postpone meetings, then not show up, delay, delay but finally came around “kicking and screaming” when a revolt of PC constituency presidents from across Canada was brewing! All initiatives, as anyone will recall, came from one side ... but now he dares to call himself ‘Co-founder’ ... a bit of a stretch, no?
I could continue, as there are more reasons.
Yes, this is just one man’s opinion ... but based on observation, experience and research. Canada deserves better. Canada’s Conservatives can do much better.
Menno Froese ... is a former Western Vice President of the Conservative Party of Canada. He represented British Columbia on the National Council from 2006-2013, and was Chair of the National Policy Committee for two biennial conventions. A party volunteer since 1993, he resides in Abbotsford, BC.
I seem to recall a much worse Minister in the one responsible for the RCMP under Harper. He presided over multiple RCMP scandals, including the High River gun grab, and he did not have the Commissioner sacked. This was a disgrace to a Conservative government by Blainie and Harper, not done by Peter MacKay.
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