Tory Leadership Candidates Tout Their Foreign Policy Ideas in Wake of Ottawa’s Failed Bid for UN Seat

Tory Leadership Candidates Tout Their Foreign Policy Ideas in Wake of Ottawa’s Failed Bid for UN Seat
(L–R) Conservative Party leadership candidates Erin O’Toole, Peter MacKay, Derek Sloan, and Leslyn Lewis practise social distancing while waiting for the start of the French leadership debate in Toronto on June 17, 2020. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
Lee Harding
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If it wasn’t for the pandemic, the Conservative Party would have had a new leader by this weekend. Instead, the race goes on with the final four candidates to be decided by mail-in ballots in August.

Canadians witnessed both agreement and clash as the four leadership candidates had their first televised debates last week. The timing of Ottawa’s failed attempt at getting a seat at the United Nations Security Council provided an opportunity for the candidates to discuss foreign policy.

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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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