and now 8 running for the CPC leadership... BC CPC MP; former BC Liberal MLA, Marc Dalton joining:
- current mayor of Brampton; former leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party, Patrick Brown
- former federal Progressive Conservative leader; former Quebec Premier, Jean Charest
- Ontario CPC MP, Pierre Poilievre
- Ontario CPC MP, Leslyn Lewis
- Ontario Independent MPP, Roman Baber
- Saskatchewan businessman & founder of 'Canadians for Truth', Joseph Bourgault
- former Ontario CPC MP for Parry Sound—Muskoka; former mayor of Huntsville Ontario, Scott Aitchison