The Conservative Party’s convention, which began Thursday night, has proven to be the largest in three decades.
The September 7 – 9 convention has drawn in over 2500 registrants.
Under a “Common sense” theme, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) is pushing for a return to rational governance, while criticizing the current Liberal government’s woke policies and high taxes.
The party also unveiled a new logo on Thursday, showing a red Canadian maple leaf inside the blue “C”.
Setting new policies
CPC members introduced new policy proposals ahead of their 2023 convention that will determine the party’s stance on several contentious issues, including women’s and children’s rights versus trans ideology.
One proposal that CPC delegates will vote on is opposing medical interventions in youth under 18 who suffer from gender dysphoria.
Another CPC policy proposal would protect women in women’s spaces such as changerooms, washrooms, and prisons.
“The Conservative Party of Canada believes that women are entitled to the safety, dignity, and privacy of single-sex spaces (e.g., prisons, shelters, locker rooms, washrooms) and the benefits of women-only categories (e.g., sports, awards, grants, scholarships),” the proposal reads.
Regardless of whether policy resolutions pass or fail during the convention, CPC leader Pierre Poilievre ultimately has the authority to determine the official party policy.
Military Vets Call for Change
A decorated military general kicked off the Conservative party convention in Quebec city on Thursday night, and he didn’t waste time mocking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Retired Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve, and his wife, retired Maj. Barbara Maisonneuve, were asked by the Conservative Party to deliver their remarks as a “tag team.”
“Our Canadian values are being destroyed due to a lack of leadership and a woke movement that panders to narrow special interests,” Lt.-Gen. Michel Maisonneuve said.
Maj. Barbara Maisonneuve asked, “If you are not woke, you are labeled a far-right extremist, a fringe radical, and somehow not Canadian. Where is the common sense in that?”
