Today, he seeks to lead it. In an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Charest remained adamant that he could win the race for the party leadership, despite claims by his opponents that they had registered hundreds of thousands of members.
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“Well, the answer is yes, and I will win it,” Charest said after being asked about the polls that put him behind potential leader Pierre Poilievre. “I think the key question is: Are you tired of losing? We lost three consecutive election campaigns and it is not so much that Mr. Trinto won the last campaign, but the Conservatives actually lost the last campaign. “I will make this party win and I will win a national government.” The story goes on under the ad The former Progressive Conservative has finished his job, first to overtake Poilievre, the Carleton MP who spent his entire political career to the sharp edge of the party spear, and then to find a way to form a strong enough coalition of voters. to defeat Justin Trinto’s Liberals. Global News reported that Charest believes he has a path to victory, despite the number of voters his opponents claim has been locked out. The Poilievre camp suggested they had more than 311,000 registered members – more than the total number of members who can vote in the 2020 leadership contest. Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown has said he will sign another 150,000. Trending Stories
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According to the party, leadership campaigns should expect around 600,000 eligible members, which means that the claimed sales of Poilievre and Brown members represent 75 percent of the leadership contest voters. “I mean, it’s relevant,” Charest said of member sales.
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“But if you have 10,000 members on a ride, it’s worth 100 points (in the Conservative leadership system) and if you have 100 members on a ride, it’s worth 100 points.” If Charest manages to win a landslide victory over Poilievre, the most daunting task may be to win over the party’s parliamentary group, which has overwhelmingly backed Poilievre. The story goes on under the ad Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole has been ousted by a slow parliamentary uprising after he rejected his pledge not to approve a carbon tax and lost the 2021 election. the party during these elections, but the rifts within the Conservative parliamentary group are deeper. O’Toole followed Andrew Scheer, who resigned after losing the 2019 general election, despite the support of the parliamentary group. Charest has focused his speech on Conservative voters that he could break the cycle of partisan losses – addressing center-right voters in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. But that was part of O’Toole’s court and it was not enough to save him.
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“The history of the last two leadership struggles was very clear. “The champion lost,” said Charest. “And the reason for that is that they are outperforming the first ballot, (and) it is nobody’s second choice, which is largely the story of Mr Poilievre, and whoever is stronger ends up winning the race. That’s how Erin O’Toole became a leader and that’s how Andrew Scheer became a leader. “ “And so I will become the leader of this party,” Charest added.
