A social conservative group is making a push to check Pierre Poilievre’s power as the Conservative party gathers in Québec City this weekend. The Conservatives are riding high in national polling and head into this weekend’s policy convention — the party’s first in-person convention since 2018 — with a sense of cautious optimism after eight years on the opposition benches. But it wouldn’t be a Conservative gathering without some good old fashioned intra-party power struggles. Alissa Golob, the executive director of anti-abortion group Right Now, said her organization is pushing for more transparency around party nominations and more power resting with local riding associations — rather than Poilievre and his team in Ottawa. The group’s goal is to nominate and elect more anti-abortion politicians to the House of Commons, with an aim of passing legislation to restrict abortion access in Canada ... CLICK HERE for the rest of the story
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