What is the future of the Conservative Party under its new leader? What does it mean for Canadian politics?
It's been months of debates between a field of candidates large enough to fill a prairie sky and now there's just one left standing: Andrew Scheer.
Our question this week: What's the future of the Conservative Party under its new leader? And what does it mean for Canadian politics?
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It was a surprise victory that left many Canadians asking today: who is Andrew Scheer?
He's a familiar face to those who follow Canadian politics closely - an MP from Saskatchewan for over a decade and the youngest person ever to serve as speaker of the House of Commons. He's 38-years-old, Ottawa-born, functionally bilingual, a staunch Catholic, and a father of five.
Scheer campaigned on balanced budgets, scrapping the Liberal's carbon pricing plan, and tax breaks for families who send their kids to independent schools. He's a social conservative, though he's pledged not to re-open debates on same-sex marriage or abortion in Canada. He's often described as "Stephen Harper with a smile." A description he calls accurate.
What do you think of the choice of Scheer? Were you watching the Conservative leadership campaign? What did you think of the race and the candidates?
Our question this week: What's the future of the Conservative Party under its new leader? And what does it mean for Canadian politics?
Guests
Andrew Scheer
New leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Twitter: @andrewscheer
Darrel Bricker
CEO Ipsos Global Public Affairs. Co-authored with John Ibbitson "The Big Shift: The Seismic Change In Canadian Politics, Business, And Culture And What It Means For Our Future."
Twitter: @darrellbricker
Jennifer Ditchburn
Editor-in-Chief Policy Options magazine, Institute for Research in Public Policy. Co-editor of "The Harper Factor: Assessing a Prime Minister's Policy Legacy"
Twitter: @jenditchburn
Rachel Curran
Former director of policy to Stephen Harper when he was PM.
Twitter: @reicurran
Anthony Sayers
Political science professor University of Calgary. Author of Parties, Candidates and Campaigns in Canadian Elections.
Twitter: @AnthonyMSayers
What we're reading:
CBC.ca
- Andrew Scheer elected new Conservative leader
- Dissecting the paths to victory for the 13 Conservative leadership candidates
- The Pollcast: A last look at the Conservative leadership race
- Watch: At Issue panel discusses the Conservative leadership convention
- How the Conservative leadership vote could be won, ballot by ballot
- How the counting of points, not votes, could determine Conservative leadership race
- Rona Ambrose will leave Tories better off, but still playing catch-up
- Rona Ambrose was the best leader the Conservatives never had: Robyn Urback
The Globe and Mail
- Who's still in the Conservative leadership race? Read the list of candidates
- Final push for votes this week in Conservative leadership race
The National Post
- Andrew Coyne: It's time to rethink how we choose party leaders
- John Ivison: 'Authentic' and unassuming Andrew Scheer is a Conservative for all seasons
- Tory race update: O'Toole overtakes Scheer, Saxton dares to be dull
Hill Times
iPolitics
Abacus Data
Policy Options magazine
The Chronicle Herald