It’s going to be a pivotal week in the Conservative leadership race as sources close to former Quebec Premier Jean Charest, Ontario MP Leslyn Lewis and former MP and Brampton, Ont., Mayor Patrick Brown predict all three will formally announce their bids.
Lewis is expected to make the leap first. She’ll try to reignite the enthusiasm she garnered in the 2019 leadership race. She emerged from political obscurity to run a widely praised campaign focused on national and party unity and her social conservative values, including an opposition to abortion.
She’s since garnered attention for comments questioning vaccine policies, including the