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The conservative leadership race according to Lauren Southern

To be fair the above headline should include Faith Goldy, but there's only so much room. At any rate the two Rebel Media reporters posted a piece online attempting to explain the Canadian Conservative Party leadership race to be decided this May. It's a crucial choice for a party that's gotten it so wrong, so many times, and to bungle it this time means another four years of Justin Trudeau, and he's already done a lot of damage. If you're as yet unfamiliar with the boy king (his father, Pierre, ruled Canada for 16 years) then check out this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZntyiqpWKw&t=48s  And that's no exaggeration, a lot of his 'finest' moments didn't even make the cut. However back to the Tory leadership race, as far as anyone sensible person should be concerned right-leaning Maxine Bernier is the only choice for Canada. And to her credit, Lauren Southern chose Bernier as her top pick for Conservative leader and (hopefully) Prime...

Tory leadership race: 12 dwarves and one Mad Max

The Tory leadership candidates held the French language debate last night (Jan 17) and collectively they decided it was time to take frontrunner Maxine Bernier down a peg, by piling on and dubbing him Mad Max (you know, for having policies and stuff). Nothing says desperate so much as taking potshots at the guy in front. And note how well that worked for Trump's opponents leading up to and over the Republican primaries.  But in case you're not quite up to date on the 14 declared candidates heres a handy primer on who's who: Erin O'Toole: The establishment favourite, and predictably has the usual non-platform platform, his major plank so far being tax credits for youth unemployment and student debt. So to the former, presumably means tax breaks for companies hiring younger workers, which has been tried for decades with little to no success, and the latter presumably would allow students to deduct student debt from future earnings. All in all his platform i...