Contemplating the much-admired, experienced politician as the leader of the CPC is speculative political fiction, but it offers some useful insights into the problems currently dogging the party
Stephen Maher: The path is clearing for Peter MacKay. The one big thing standing in his way is the great hope of Western Conservatives.
Philippe J. Fournier: The latest data presents a challenge for the party—does it want a leader with socially conservative views or does it want to win?
Paul Wells: The Conservatives are fast heading toward a big question about what kind of party they want to be—and there’s no easy answer
Frank Graves and Michael Valpy: Populists make up more than half of the Conservative base. Rona Ambrose and Peter MacKay don’t appeal to them.
Who will lead the Conservative Party now: The ‘brilliant’ Rona Ambrose? The critic Peter MacKay? Jason Kenney!? The race is on.
Former Leader of the Opposition Rona Ambrose talks about what it was like being a woman on Parliament Hill.
The Conservative Party of Canada’s former interim leader on why she ran for office—and why more Canadian women should run, too
Who’s up? Rona Ambrose, who leaves on a high note. Who’s down? A senator under fire for going to dinner.
After a 13-year run in federal politics, the Tory interim leader gets ready to leave—and her colleagues pay tribute to her service
The next Tory leader will inevitably be compared to her performance as the stopgap
Interim Opposition leader Rona Ambrose says the ability of opposition and government to come together for Yazidis is proof the system can work