FELDSTED –- Getting rid of the minions, who party officers’ control, is not a solution to the internal competition for control among Party factions
Story Reference – Globe and Mail, December 12th : “ Conservative Party’s national council rejects motion to remain neutral in Scheer leadership review” There we have it – Conservative Party members should be alarmed and angry. The National Council is charged with overseeing operations of the Party including setting the rules for nomination contests and leadership races. Candidates during the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership campaign It is imperative that the members of the National Council, the Leader’s office and Election Campaign team remain neutral in these processes. The concept of Party officers interfering in our selection of candidates and leaders is repugnant. Many party members were aghast at the discovery that the Party was funding a Political Operations Group who took over the election campaign in 2015, shutting out the National Council and dictating terms to candidates and electoral districts. In the follow-up analy...