per the CPC's leadership election rules:
the Leadership Candidate Nomination Committee (LCNC), the group of party stalwarts reviewing applications from would-be candidates, can also rely on "any other information they see fit to ascertain the suitability of an applicant." The LCNC can, in turn, recommend to a 21-member group, the Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) that a particular candidate be barred from running.
the anti-abortion group,
Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) had initially been quite buoyed in interpreting 4 of its 'endorsed candidates' would be accepted as candidates running for the CPC leadership. However, the CLC is now raising concerns that 3 of its preferred candidates were not verified... were not accepted by the LEOC even though 3 of the 4 had met the $300,000 buy-in fee and also obtained the required number of party member sponsoring signatures. The only CLC endorsed person receiving the verified candidate status from the LEOC/CPC is Leslyn Lewis - who coincidentally tweeted the following:
One of the pillars of the CPC, and of the broader “small-c” conservative movement, is democracy – letting the people, not the elites, decide who should represent them. Therefore, this sort of Cancel Culture has no business in the Conservative Party.
In the end, if Bourgault and Abraham are unsuccessful in their appeals, Campaign Life Coalition will do its best to ensure that Leslyn Lewis is victorious as the only green-lit, pro-lifer of the six “verified” candidates.
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