"Canada is strong because Canadians make it strong" is right up there with "diversity is our strength."

Do better with your sloganeering, Conservatives. I don't think you're blowing anybody's hair back with that one.

— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) January 26, 2020

And just when you thought it couldn’t get stupider.

I am proud of Canada because Canadians make me proud. pic.twitter.com/HSTCUbOGn2

— Peter MacKay (@PeterMacKay) January 25, 2020

I might be wrong, and this might be a tendentious JJ conclusion, but I really get the impression one of the dominant dynamics of the Conservative leadership race will be the yawning void between where the media and CPC consultant/staffer types are, and where the party base is.

— J.J. McCullough (@JJ_McCullough) January 16, 2020

It’s as though they’ve learned nothing.

.@realDonaldTrump https://t.co/otDdeFxk16

— Keean Bexte 🇨🇦🇭🇰 (@TheRealKeean) December 30, 2019

Though to be truthful, I care even less what the Conservatives do than I did during the Kim Campbell days minutes.

#BREAKING Conservative Party convention postponed to November 2020 #cdnpolihttps://t.co/Xk2RAhPjg9 pic.twitter.com/obZRj4EvIm

— Natasha Fatah (@NatashaFatah) December 21, 2019

Former Liberal, former Liberal leadership candidate, is more conservative than the CPC Leader.
Sure am glad we didn’t take a chance on the Bernier guy, that’s for sure.

The CPC has provided an excellent breakdown of each round sorted right down to the riding for the Leadership election.

Of all the day after articles written, I think this one is closest to the bone.

Okay. That cardboard cut-out of JP Veitch (Rona’s partner) was hilarious.
Rona is kicking Liberal ass, or “balls”….
Thank you, Rona Ambrose, you did a great job. Cheers!
First round results (last to first): Deepak, Saxton, Peterson, O’Leary (?), Alexander, Blaney, Raitt, Leitch, Lemieux, Chong, Trost, O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier
Two surprises to me: Trost in fourth and Bernier less than 30%. So, tell me again how this style of convention is bad for TV? The depth of the field is actually benefiting the networks.
The next results will be an amalgamation of rounds two through seven.
Second announced results: (off the ballot) Saxton, Peterson, O’Leary, Alexander, Blaney, Raitt, (still on the ballot) Leitch, Lemieux, Chong, Trost, O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier
Round 8-10: (off the ballot) Lemieux, Leitch, Chong, (on the ballot) Trost, O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier.
Round 11: (off the ballot) Trost, (on the ballot) O’Toole, Scheer, Bernier (36%)
Round 12: (off the ballot) O’Toole (on the ballot) Scheer (38.36%), Bernier (40.38%)
Final Ballot: The Conservative Party leader is Andrew Scheer (51%)
Blog Notes: I’ve been liberal in my libations. There won’t be any more posts from me today. Cheers!

He is absolutely correct here. It is up to the party.
If he wins today, as I hope, it will be his and our job to convince the party that supply management of dairy and poultry products is a bad thing.
I empathize with supply management supporters though, the up-front costs of buying the quota are huge, indeed they are the retirement plan for the farmers.
For Bernier to succeed he must have a plan to reimburse those who have and are paying for the quotas. These aren’t ‘rich farmers’ as the less educated detractors claim, they are Joe and Jane Frontporch doing the best they can. Only then will he be able to convince the non-fiscal wings of the CPC that supply management is more hurtful to consumers than beneficial to a small handful of farmers.
Fortunately for Bernier (and us) he has never shied away from arguing his point with logic and facts.

If the party wanted to prove to Canadians that first past the post is a superior electoral system to proportional representation, they’ve succeeded.
I don’t know what the party would do otherwise but there are two things that I do know. Absolutely no delegated conventions and I want my vote (which is really the same thing).

I’m watching the CPAC broadcast of the CPC Leadership convention and one thing struck me with Michael Chong’s ten minute speech. He didn’t use the words, “Prime Minister” when he talked about Trudeau. Chong is not alone in this with regards to the Conservative MP’s vying for leadership.
I’ve called Justin a lot of things, but I’m not a politician, I’m not an MP, I’m just a shmuck with access to his wife’s blog.
We can call Trudeau anything we want, Michael Chong and all of the leadership contenders, should not. He is the Prime Minister and if that’s the job you want, you should show a bit of respect for the office.
Update: Erin O’Toole is very good speaking a prepared speech. Lots of not-so-subtle digs at the Cosmo Queen in the PMO. Red meat.
Update: Lisa Raitt with a message Conservatives need to hear, “Which fight is more important, the last one or the coming one?”

Today and tomorrow on CPAC1.
Watch! Listen! Be bored out of your mind between the rounds of voting! Remember, only one candidate will be dropped after each round, so thirteen rounds (or until one candidate gets 16,901 points). Now, this is the age of computers and everyone has voted for each round already, so theoretically, once all the ballots are processed it shouldn’t take long at all to know the winner. That would be a bit anti-climactic though so you can bet there will be Speeches! (boring) Cheers! (boring) Policy panels! (boring)
Can’t they just just email us?
Or to better pass the time, help them count the votes:

h/t Midnight

In part 34 of a continuing series examining why Canada is not the US, we see the first change in the CPC leadership race. O’Leary cancels his run and endorses Maxime Bernier. As an added bonus, O’Leary manages to keep his record of attendance for CPC debates consistent.
Live stream of the last debate starts at 6 ET.