The three-day event in Quebec City comes as polls indicate the party has been gaining support across the country
Federal Conservatives are gathering in Quebec City this week for a policy convention that observers say presents as much political peril as opportunity.
“They have to have an open debate about the issues that members care about, but at the same time I think it’s important for them to frame the party, during these three days, as a party where the focus is really on the economy,” said Prof. Béland, who is also the director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.
They will also be presented with a “protecting workers” proposal that says the party does not support “forced political, cultural or ideological training of any kind as a precondition of employment or practice.” Other speakers with keynote positions at the convention are former federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay, and retired Canadian general J.O. Michel Maisonneuve, who garnered attention with a 2022 speech in Ottawa that was critical of Canadian Forces and government policy.
“You have to proceed with caution,” he said in an interview. “I think that everything is geared for a good convention, but anything can happen in a convention.” “So I think it’s important for them that they put on a good show without any mistakes, because things are going well in the polls,” he said.
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