A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

<p>When right-wingers gathered in Ottawa for the annual Manning Networking Conference, the family reunion of sorts was tinged with underlying anxiety about the state of the Conservatism. In a story coming to the site this weekend, Ottawa bureau chief John Geddes contemplates how it all plays with the threat of Justin Trudeau, unwelcome polling results and the collision of conservative policy and Conservative politics.</p>
<p>In this audio slide show he talks about the issues at play:</p>
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<p>Manning Networking Conference at the Ottawa Convention Centre in Ottawa February 28, 2014.<br />
Photo by Blair Gable for Maclean&#8217;s Magazine</p>


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