His public appearance at the Canada Strong and Free Network event is a rare one for Harper, who left political life after losing the 2015 election to Trudeau\u0027s…
“Our country is badly in need of a Conservative renaissance at the national level,” he told the crowd.
He said its owes credit to Preston Manning, founder of the populist Reform Party, a precursor to the Canadian Alliance, which merged with the Progressive Conservatives to form the Conservative Party of Canada. During the talk, the former Conservative prime minister quipped about foreign election interference, telling the crowd “I hear it’s topical” and referred to the federal NDP as a “branch plant” for entering into a supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberal government.Article content
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