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2022 Conservative leadership election
Date	September 10, 2022
Convention	Shaw Centre, Ottawa
Resigning leader	Erin O'Toole
Candidates	6
Entrance Fee	$300,000, of which $100,000 is a refundable compliance deposit
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The 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election is a leadership election that will be held by the Conservative Party of Canada to elect the successor to Erin O'Toole. He was removed on February 2, 2022, as leader by the party's caucus in the House of Commons of Canada by a vote of 73–45.^[2] Candice Bergen was chosen as interim party leader and will serve until a permanent leader is elected.^[3] The leadership election will take place on September 10, 2022.^[4]

Background

Following the 2021 Canadian federal election, the Conservative Party remained the Official Opposition with a loss of two seats, leaving it with 119 seats in the House of Commons.^[5] O'Toole announced that he had enough support to remain leader, and launched a review of the Conservative election campaign.^[6]^[7] James Cumming was selected to lead the review.^[7]

In November 2021, Senator Denise Batters launched an internal party petition to review O'Toole's leadership.^[8] Party president Robert Batherson quickly decided the petition was not in order.^[8] The following day, Batters was removed from the National Conservative Caucus,^[9] although she retained her membership in the Saskatchewan Conservative Caucus and the Conservative Senate Caucus.^[10]

In late January 2022, Cumming completed his review and briefed Conservative MPs and senators on his findings.^[11] His report blamed party staff for "over managing" O'Toole during the campaign, and said O'Toole needed to be more "authentic" and Conservatives failed to craft policy on some issues.^[11] In response to the report, O'Toole acknowledged that he needed to appear less "scripted" during the final days of the campaign.^[11]

On January 31, 2022, Conservative MP Bob Benzen submitted a letter with signatures from 35 Conservative MPs calling for a leadership review, pursuant to the Reform Act, of O'Toole's leadership to the Conservative caucus chair, Scott Reid. In the letter, Benzen criticized O'Toole's reversal on repealing Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax and assault weapons ban.^[12]

This was the first time the Reform Act leadership-removal provisions were invoked. During the review, held on February 2, 2022, 45 MPs voted to retain him against 73 who voted for his removal.^[13] Immediately following his removal the Conservative caucus voted by secret ballot to appoint Candice Bergen as interim leader.^[14]

In addition to Bergen, eight other caucus members sought to be appointed interim leader, including John Barlow, John Brassard, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Marilyn Gladu, Tom Kmiec, Rob Moore and John Williamson.^[3]^[15]^[16]

Campaign

On March 30, 2022, concerns arose that the party's membership lists may have been compromised and used to make fake donation pledges.^[17] Melanie Paradis, a former staffer to Erin O'Toole, posted a warning to Twitter about the alleged breach, saying that she was contacted about a $120 donation pledge she never made. Laurence Toth, spokesman for the Charest campaign, said someone had made numerous false donations pledges using a Ukrainian IP address, saying it was an "obvious attempt to create chaos" for the campaign.^[17] The party has denied that members' data had been compromised but is investigating the incidents.^[18]

In early April, Charest raised the prospect that Poilievre's support for the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa – as expressed in a 10 February podcast during which Poilievre said "I'm proud of the truckers and I stand with them," – disqualified him from being party leader.^[19]^[20] In response to Charest's comments, Poilievre said Charest was "repeating Liberal lies about truckers" and stated that Charest's consulting work for Huawei "sold out Canada's security" and disqualifies him from becoming Prime Minister.^[21]

On April 12, 2022, Poilievre raised concerns of potential fraud through the use of prepaid credit cards to purchase party memberships.^[22] A lawyer for his campaign sent a letter to the leadership election organizing committee demanding that it prohibit the use of prepaid cards to purchase memberships, and saying the campaign would take "appropriate steps to require the party comply" if it did not receive an "acceptable response" in a few days.^[22] The use of prepaid credit cards for the leadership election was banned on April 14.^[23]

Timeline

2020

August 23–24 – Erin O'Toole was elected as Conservative Party leader in the 3rd round of voting.^[24]

2021

September 20 – The 2021 Canadian federal election was held. The Conservative Party remained the Official Opposition with a loss of two seats, leaving it with 119 seats in the House of Commons.^[5]
October 5 – O'Toole announced that he intended to remain leader and launched post election review of the Conservative campaign.^[7]
November 15 – Senator Denise Batters launched a petition to review the leadership of Erin O'Toole.^[8] Party president Robert Batherson decided the petition was not in order.^[8] The following day, Batters was removed from the national Conservative caucus,^[9] although her memberships were retained in the Saskatchewan Conservative caucus^[25] and in the Conservative Senate caucus.^[10]

2022

January 27 – The post election review was completed. Its author, James Cumming, briefed Conservative MPs and Senators on his findings.^[3]^[11]
January 31 – 35 Conservative MPs submitted a letter to the Conservative caucus chair, triggering the leadership review, pursuant to the Reform Act.^[12]
February 2 – Conservative Members of Parliament voted to remove Erin O'Toole as party leader by a vote of 73 to 45. The caucus chose deputy leader Candice Bergen as interim leader.^[3]
February 5 – Pierre Poilievre announced his candidacy.
February 9 – Senator Denise Batters is reinstated in the National Conservative Party caucus.^[26]
March 8 – Leslyn Lewis announced her candidacy.
March 9 – Roman Baber, Joseph Bourgault, and Jean Charest announced their candidacies.^[27]^[28]^[29]
March 13 – Patrick Brown announced his candidacy.^[30]
March 16 — Scott Aitchison announced his candidacy.
March 18 — Bobby Singh announced his candidacy.^[31]
March 20 — Marc Dalton announced his candidacy.^[32]
March 26 — Leona Alleslev announced her candidacy.^[33]
March 28 — Joel Etienne announced his candidacy.^[34]
March 29 — Grant Abraham announced his candidacy.
April 4 — The Conservative Party confirmed to Postmedia that Leslyn Lewis met the requirements to become a verified candidate.^[35]
April 12 — The Conservative Party announced that Jean Charest and Pierre Poilievre met the requirements to become verified candidates.^[36]
April 19 – Deadline to announce leadership candidacy^[4]
April 26 — The Conservative Party announced that Roman Baber and Patrick Brown met the requirements to become verified candidates.^[37]^[38]
April 28 — The Conservative Party announced that Scott Aitchison met the requirements to become a verified candidate^[39]
April 29 — Deadline to submit all endorsement signatures, full registration fee, and full compliance deposit in order to become a verified candidate and appear on the ballot^[40]
May 2 — The Conservative Party announced that the final verified candidates were Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, Patrick Brown, Jean Charest, Leslyn Lewis, and Pierre Poilievre.^[41]
May 5 — Canada Strong and Free Network debate.^[42]
May 11 — First Official Candidates' debate (English).^[42]
May 25 — Second Official Candidates' debate (French).^[42]
June 3 – Deadline to sign-up new members;^[4]
June 30 - Candidates given preliminary list of party membership and given until midnight July 4 to challenge any names. ^[43]

Future

Late July or early August – Ballots will begin going out to Conservative party members^[4]
September 7 – Ballots will need to be completed and returned by 5PM EST^[4]
September 10 – Leadership election date^[4]

Debates

Debates among candidates for the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
No.	Date	Place	Host	Language	Participants — P Participant (or planning to participate) N Not invited A Absent invitee O Out of race (exploring or withdrawn)						References
No.	Date	Place	Host	Language	Aitchison	Baber	Brown	Charest	Lewis	Poilievre	References
1	May 5, 2022	Ottawa, Ontario	Canada Strong and Free Network	English	P	P	A	P	P	P	^[44]^[45]^[46]
2	May 11, 2022	Edmonton, Alberta	Conservative Party of Canada	English	P	P	P	P	P	P	^[42]
3	May 25, 2022	Montreal, Quebec	Conservative Party of Canada	French	P	P	P	P	P	P	^[42]
4	May 30, 2022	Toronto, Ontario	Independent Press Gallery of Canada	English	Cancelled^[d]						^[47]^[48]^[49]
5	July 8, 2022	Calgary, Alberta	Western Standard	English	P	P	P	P	A		^[50]^[51]

Canada Strong and Free Network invited all declared candidates to its debate, but only candidates who satisfied the party's verified criteria were permitted to attend.^[44] Dalton and Bourgault had agreed to attend the debate, but both failed to become a verified contestants.^[44] Brown did not attend the first unofficial debate held by the Strong and Free Network.^[45]^[52]

The Independent Press Gallery of Canada debate was cancelled due to an insufficient number of candidates attending. Dalton had agreed to join the debate before he failed to qualify as a candidate. Baber, Charest, and Lewis had also agreed, but Aitchison, Brown, and Poilievre did not, and thus the debate was cancelled.^[48]^[49]

Leslyn Lewis is unable to attend the Western Standard debate because of a prior commitment.^[51]

Verified candidates are required to attend all official debates organized by the party's Leadership Election Organizing Committee.^[53] In April 2022, the committee advised candidates that they reserved the right to hold a further debate in August.^[42]^[53]

In addition to the debates, there was also a candidate's forum held by seven Greater Toronto Area Conservative electoral district associations in Burlington, Ontario on May 1, 2022. All verified candidates were in attendance and gave six-minute speeches.^[54]^[55]

Rules and procedures

On March 8, 2022, the party's Leadership Election Organizing Committee released the Rules and Procedures for the 2022 Leadership document.^[56] As in the previous two leadership elections, the vote will be held under instant-runoff voting in which each electoral district is given 100 points, distributed according to the weight of a candidate's vote in that electoral district. Should no candidate receive more than 50% of the points in a round, the candidate with the lowest amount of points is removed and their points reallocated to the next highest choice on the ballots that had selected them. Voting is only open to those who are members of the Conservative Party of Canada as of June 3. To be considered as a candidate, a member of the party must apply by April 19 to the Leadership Candidate Nominating Committee with a completed Leadership Contestant Questionnaire, a written endorsement of the party's Code of Conduct policy document, and a $50,000 deposit. Then the member has until April 29 to provide the remaining $150,000 registration fee, a $100,000 security deposit (related to providing financial filings and adherence to the Rules and Procedures document), and 500 signatures of endorsement from party members (which must span at least 30 Electoral Districts in 7 provinces). The document limits expenses to $7,000,000 and prohibits accepting contributions from non-residents and foreign entities.^[56] Ballots are mailed to Conservative party members in late July or early August with the results being released on September 10.^[4]^[57] Media coverage of the 2022 race has described it as "the most expensive-to-enter race in Canadian history^[58]".

Candidates

Verified

Candidate	Positions held	Candidacy	Policies
Scott Aitchison	MP for Parry Sound—Muskoka (2019–present), Shadow Minister for Labour (2021–2022) and Mayor of Huntsville, Ontario (2014–2019).^[59]^[60]	Announced: March 16, 2022^[61] Approved: March 25, 2022^[62]^[63] Verified: April 28, 2022^[64] Campaign website: https://www.votescott.ca/ Campaign slogan: The Right Approach^[65] Campaign slogan (French): La bonne approche	Climate change: Aitchison opposes a carbon tax.^[60]^[66] Economic: Aitchison says he would end the supply management of dairy, eggs and poultry.^[67] Housing: Aitchison's "YIMBY Plan To Build More Homes for Canadians" proposes increasing the supply of housing, ending exclusionary zoning in big cities, tying municipal funding to requirements to build more housing, increasing the number of skilled labourers, investing in affordable and social housing, and cracking down on money laundering.^[68] Defence: Aitchison calls for Canada to meet its NATO defence spending target of 2% of GDP and Aitchison says he disagrees with putting a no-fly zone on Ukraine.^[69] Social: Scott Aitchison is pro-choice^[70] and says he will defend a woman's right to choose abortion^[71] and "ensure that women have access to the resources they need to make their own informed reproductive healthcare decisions, without judgment."^[72]
Roman Baber	MPP for York Centre (2018–2022). Baber was elected as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and sat as an independent MPP after January 15, 2021.^[73]^[74]	Announced: March 9, 2022^[27] Approved: March 22, 2022^[75]^[63] Verified: April 26, 2022^[63]^[76] Campaign website: https://www.joinroman.ca/ Campaign slogan: Change is Coming Campaign slogan (French): Le changement arrive	Defence: Baber says he disagrees with putting a no-fly zone on Ukraine because he does not want to escalate the war.^[77] Economic: Baber says he would end the supply management of dairy, eggs and poultry.^[78] According to a post on Twitter, Baber would seek to eliminate subsidies for news businesses.^[79] Health: Baber says he would launch a National Autism Plan, which would match provincial funding of autism treatment up to $500 million per year.^[80]^[81] Baber calls for the end of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, vaccine passports and other restrictions,^[82] has said that he would fire Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Theresa Tam for her COVID-19 response, and according to the Toronto Star has espoused conspiracy theories regarding the World Health Assembly's Pandemic Response Treaty during the campaign.^[83] Social: Baber opposes introduction of a universal basic income, believing that "it would create state dependency".^[82] Roman Baber is pro-choice^[70] and doesn't believe that government should have a role in how people "start and grow" their families.^[72]
Patrick Brown	Mayor of Brampton (2018–present), Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (2015–18), Ontario Leader of the Official Opposition (2015–18), Barrie City Councillor (2000–06), MP for Barrie (2006–15), MPP for Simcoe North (2015–17).	Announced: March 13, 2022^[84] Approved: April 8, 2022^[63]^{[better source needed]} Verified: April 26, 2022^[63]^[85] Campaign website: https://fighterleaderwinner.ca/ Campaign slogan: Fighter. Leader. Winner. Campaign slogan (French): Un battant. Un chef. Un gagnant.	Climate change: Brown previously supported the carbon tax but as of April 29 he says "it was not the right approach".^[86] He has said conservatives need to be part of the climate change response, but said that the leader cannot impose a plan on the party without consultation. Brown has promised to hold party-wide consultations on the environment.^[87] Defence: According to a post on Twitter, Brown says he will ensure Canada meets its NATO defence spending target of 2% of GDP,^[88] and has said that he would actively push for a no-fly zone on Ukraine.^[89]^[90] Public safety: Brown stated that he would scrap the Firearms act entirely and "...replace it with a new law that takes protecting our streets just as seriously as (it) does defending the rights of Canadians."^[91] Social: Brown calls for the repeal of Quebec's Bill 21, which prohibits the wearing of religious symbols by certain public servants and contractors of the province.^[92] Brown has also said he will implement "tax credits and direct contribution" for extended family members who help raise children, but has not yet released details of his childcare policies.^[93] Brown made a statement similar to Bill Clinton's famous quote and said abortions should be "safe, legal, and, in my personal opinion, rare" and Brown said that as leader he would encourage other options and he says "A conservative party led by me will not change Canada's abortion laws. Period."^[72] Patrick Brown is pro-choice.^[77]
Jean Charest	Premier of Quebec (2003–12), Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party (1998–2012), MNA for Sherbrooke (1998–2012), Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1993–98), Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (1993), Minister of Industry, Science and Technology (1993), Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1993), Minister of the Environment (1991–93), Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport) (1988–90), Minister of State (Youth) (1986–90), and MP for Sherbrooke (1984–98).^[94]^[29]	Announced: March 9, 2022^[29] Approved: March 21, 2022^[95]^[63] Verified: April 12, 2022^[96]^[63] Campaign website: https://jeancharest.ca Campaign slogan: Built To Win Campaign slogan (French): Bâti pour gagner	Climate change: Charest supports carbon pricing in Canada,^[97] but as of April 26 he said he would eliminate the federal carbon tax, eliminate the federal portion of the HST on "low-carbon purchases", respect the jurisdiction of the provinces to decide how to reduce their emissions and make industrial emitters pay a carbon price as part of an overall “heavier focus on industrial emissions.”^[98] He opposed the April 1 increase to the tax.^[87] He would expand investment into carbon capture and storage, nuclear reactors and hydrogen power.^[99]^[100] Defence: Charest would increase defence spending to reach the NATO target of 2% of GDP as "quickly as it can be responsibly done."^[101] Charest also says he would make the Canadian Armed Forces more inclusive for minorities, women and LGBTQIA members and he would force Canada's colleges and universities to allow Canadian Armed Forces recruitment centres on their campuses.^[102] Charest says he disagrees with putting a no-fly zone on Ukraine.^[77] Environment: Charest says he would repeal Bill C-69 and Bill C-48.^[103] Economic: Charest says he would balance the budget.^[104] Health: Charest says decisions on federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates and COVID-19 mask mandates that remain in place should be made according to the advice of health professionals.^[105] Public safety: Charest says he would maintain the May 1, 2020 Order in Council ban on firearms, and other existing gun laws.^[106] Social: Charest would maintain childcare funding agreements reached with the provinces.^[107] He promises to increase parental leave to two years and allow pregnant women to access the federal child care benefit.^[93]^[108] He would provide additional childcare funding for children not enrolled in Liberals' program.^[108] Charest is pro-choice and a government led by him will not introduce and will not pass laws to restrict abortion, but would allow MPs to introduce legislation on "matters of conscience", but without support.^[72]
Leslyn Lewis	MP for Haldimand—Norfolk (2021–present) and the third-place finisher in the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.	Announced: March 8, 2022^[109] Approved: March 22, 2022^[110]^[63] Verified: April 4, 2022^[111]^[112] Campaign website: https://leslynlewis.ca/ Campaign slogan: Hope • Unity • Compassion Campaign slogan (French): Espoir • Unité • Compassion	Climate change: Lewis says she would eliminate the federal carbon tax.^[87] Defence: In a post on Twitter, Lewis calls for increased military funding.^[113] Lewis says she disagrees with putting a no-fly zone on Ukraine because she does not want to escalate the war.^[77] Health: Lewis calls for the end of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and vaccine passports.^[114] According to both CBC News and the Toronto Star, Lewis has espoused conspiracy theories regarding the World Health Assembly's Pandemic Response Treaty during the campaign and has claimed that the treaty would "erode Canada's sovereignty".^[115]^[83] Social: Lewis is opposed to Bill 21 and calls it "religious discrimination".^[116] Lewis' campaign released a statement affirming her anti-abortion agenda; specifically saying that she would increase funding for pregnancy centres and criminalize "coerced" abortions.^[117]
Pierre Poilievre	MP for Carleton (2015–present) and former MP for the now-abolished riding of Nepean—Carleton (2004–15). Previously, Poilievre was the Shadow Minister of Finance (2017–21; 2021–22), Shadow Minister for Jobs and Industry (2021), Minister of Employment and Social Development (2015), and Minister of State for Democratic Reform (2013–15).	Announced: February 5, 2022^[118] Approved: March 27, 2022 Verified: April 12, 2022^[36]^[63] Campaign website: https://www.pierre4pm.ca/ Campaign slogan: Pierre Poilievre For Prime Minister Campaign slogan (French): Pierre Poilievre comme futur premier ministre	Climate change: Poilievre says he would eliminate the federal carbon tax.^[119] Poilievre says his plans to address climate change will focus on technology and will allow provinces to pursue their own approach to lower emissions without forcing them to impose a tax like the carbon tax.^[119] One of the technologies Poilievre says he will incentivize to lower emissions is carbon capture and storage technology ^[119] and he will make it a requirement for energy projects to be more safe for the environment.^[120] Defence: Poilievre says he disagrees with putting a no-fly zone on Ukraine because he does not want to escalate the war.^[89]^[90] Poilievre says he and a government led by him will support Ukraine by bringing Ukrainian refugees to Canada, by providing aid to Ukraine, by placing sanctions against Russia's oligarchs and commodities and by supplying Europe with Canada's energy to help reduce Europe's dependency on Russia's energy.^[121] Economic: Poilievre says a government led by him will increase the number of independent audits done on the Bank of Canada and will ban the Bank of Canada from implementing a central bank digital currency.^[122]^[123] Poilievre plans on replacing the Governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem with someone "who would reinstate our low-inflation mandate and protect the purchasing power of the Canadian dollar".^[124]^[125]^[126] Poilievre says he will defund the CBC public broadcaster.^[127] Poilievre disagrees with ending the supply management of dairy, eggs and poultry and he says that ending the system would be too expensive.^[67] According to numerous commentators, including the Toronto Star's Raju Mudhar, Justin Ling writing in the Toronto Star and speaking on a podcast in the Toronto Star, The Cord's Marina Black and the Toronto Sun's Brian Lilley, Poilievre has espoused conspiracy theories regarding the World Economic Forum for saying that he opposes their proposed "great reset" and for him saying "I’m against their proposals; I’m against their socialist agenda; I’m against the proposals they’ve made." and because he plans to ban ministers and top government officials from attending the Forum's annual summit.^[128]^[129]^[130]^[131] Housing: Poilievre calls for big cities to speed up building permits and reduce the governmental costs required to build houses and apartments.^[132] Poilievre says a government led by him will sell off the under-utilized 15 percent of the government's 37,000 buildings in order to convert those buildings into affordable housing.^[133] Environment: Poilievre says he would repeal Bill C-69 and Bill C-48.^[134] Health: Pierre Poilievre calls for the end of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and COVID-19 mask mandates and claims that they are based on "political science".^[127] Poilievre calls for the end of vaccine passports^[135] and says he will review and reexamine the Emergencies Act to prevent it from being abused for political purposes.^[127] Public safety: Poilievre opposes re-establishing the long-gun registry, and opposes the May 1, 2020 Order in Council ban on firearms.^[136] Social: Poilievre and his campaign promises affordable day-care and to expand day-care options for all parents but before he releases his policies for childcare Poilievre says he wants to wait and see if the Liberal's policies are any different than the Liberal's previous policies.^[137] Poilievre is pro-choice,^[70] and says a government led by him will not bring forward and will not pass laws to restrict abortion, but he will allow his party to have free votes on legislation.^[138] Poilievre plans to repeal Bill C-11 and the successor to Bill C-36, describing them as censorship.^[139]^[140]^[141]

Withdrew or failed to qualify

Failed to qualify as verified contestants

Approved applicants who failed to qualify as verified candidates.

Grant Abraham

Grant Abraham, is a lawyer, columnist and unsuccessful candidate in the 2019 United Kingdom general election in the constituency of Strangford, where he stood for the Northern Ireland Conservatives.^[142]^[143] Abraham attended high school in Abbotsford, British Columbia, before completing bachelor's degree in business and English at Trinity Western University.^[144] He completed a law degree at Queen's University Belfast.^[144] Abraham announced his candidacy on March 29, 2022.^[145] His candidacy was approved on April 27, 2022,^[63]^{[better source needed]} and on April 30, 2022, he was said to have met the requirements and was awaiting verification.^[146] On May 2, 2022, it was announced he did not meet qualifications.^[147]^[148] Abraham later said that he had met the financial and signature requirements, but that after submitting his application he was told that he had been "deemed ineligible" by the party.^[149] He has asked the party for clarification on why he was disqualified.^[150]^[151]

Leona Alleslev

Leona Alleslev, 54, is the former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2019–2020), and former MP for Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill (2015–2021).^[60] Before entering politics, Alleslev was an air force officer and corporate manager, having worked for IBM and Bombardier.^[152]^[153] She launched a campaign website on March 26, 2022,^[33]^[154]^[152] before becoming an approved contestant in mid-April.^[63] At the time, her campaign manager, Steve Gilchrist, said that they had collected the required signatures for Alleslev to become a verified contestant, but that the fundraising requirement of $300,000 was a "very high bar" which needed to be met in "very short time frame".^[155] He said it may be designed to exclude candidates from the leadership election.^[155] On April 29, 2022, Alleslev announced that she was withdrawing from the leadership election having failed to raise $300,000 required to pay the entry fee and deposit by that deadline.^[156] Alleslev had called for a significant increase to Canada's defence spending.^[157]

Joseph Bourgault

Joseph Bourgault, CEO of Bourgault Tillage Tools and founder of Canadians for Truth.^[60] He lives in St. Brieux, Saskatchewan.^[158]^[159] Bourgault announced his candidacy on March 9, 2022.^[28]^[160] He was approved on April 22, 2022.^[63]^[161] On April 28, 2022, Bourgault claimed to have raised $400,000 and received 1,000 signatures, and was waiting for final approval from the party.^[162]^[163] However, on May 2, 2022, it was announced he did not meet qualifications.^[160]^[148] Bourgault had said on social media that he had met the financial and signature requirements.^[151]

Marc Dalton

Marc Dalton, 61, MP for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge (2019–present), MLA for Maple Ridge-Mission (2009–2017).^[60]^[164] Before entering politics, Dalton was a teacher in British Columbia.^[60]^[165] He identifies as of French and Métis heritage.^[159] Dalton is bilingual in English and French.^[60] He announced his candidacy on March 20, 2022.^[32]^[164] On April 17, 2022 he was approved as a candidate.^[166]^[63] On April 29, 2022 it was announced that he failed to qualify as a verified candidate.^[52] Dalton said he needed "just a bit more time" to raise the necessary funds.^[167] He endorsed Leslyn Lewis for leader.^[168]

Joel Etienne

Joel Etienne, is a lawyer, movie producer, and 2021 candidate in York Centre.^[159]^[169] He also ran as a candidate for the Canadian Alliance in the 2000 election in Eglinton—Lawrence.^[170]^[171] He is originally from New Brunswick, and graduated from the University of Moncton.^[172] He announced his candidacy on March 28, 2022.^[173]^[174] His candidacy was approved on April 28, 2022,^[63]^{[better source needed]} and on April 29, 2022, Etienne claimed to have met all of the party's requirements.^[175] However, on May 1, 2022, it was announced that Etienne did not meet the requirements and failed to become a verified candidate.^[176] Etienne later said that he had met the financial and signature requirements.^[177] He is seeking clarification from the on why he was disqualified, but says that he faced "racialized stereotypes" and questions about association with Falun Gong.^[177]^[150] He endorsed Jean Charest for leader.^[178]

Failed to qualify as approved applicants

Bobby Singh

Bobby Singh, is a Toronto-based businessman who was the party's candidate for Scarborough—Rouge Park, Ontario in the 2019 election.^[179] Singh briefly sought the Conservative leadership in 2020 but withdrew early after failing to satisfy the application criteria.^[60]^[159]^[179] On March 18, 2022, Singh announced his candidacy for the 2022 leadership election.^[31]^[180] By April 29, 2022, he had failed to become an approved contestant.^[63]^{[better source needed]}

Declined

Rona Ambrose	Interim Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition (2015–2017), MP for Sturgeon River—Parkland (2015–2017) and Edmonton—Spruce Grove, Alberta (2004–2015), Minister of Health (2013–2015), Minister of Public Works and Government Services (2010–2013), Minister of Labour (2008–2010), Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2007–2008), Minister of the Environment (2006–2007)	^[181]
Maxime Bernier	Leader of the People's Party (2018–present), Shadow Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (2015–2016, 2017–2018), Minister of State for Small Business, Tourism and Agriculture (2011–2015), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2008), and Minister of Industry (2006–2007), MP for Beauce, Quebec (2006–2019), runner-up in the 2017 leadership election.	^[182]
Michael Chong	Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs (2020–present), Shadow Minister of Science (2018–2019), Shadow Minister of Infrastructure and Communities (2017–2018), Shadow Minister of Urban Affairs (2017–2018), Deputy Shadow Minister of the Environment (2015–2016), Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2006), Minister of State (Sport) (2006), MP for Wellington—Halton Hills, Ontario (2004–present), 2017 leadership candidate.	^[183]
Doug Ford	Premier of Ontario (2018–present), Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (2018–present), MPP for Etobicoke North (2018–present), member of the Toronto City Council (2010–2014)	^[184]
Marilyn Gladu	Shadow President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (2020–2021), Shadow Minister of Health (2017–2020), MP for Sarnia—Lambton (2015–present), 2020 permanent and 2022 interim leadership candidate. Endorsed Poilievre.	^[185]
Garnett Genuis	Shadow Minister of International Development (2020–present), Shadow Minister of Multiculturalism (2019–2020), MP for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan (2015–present)	^[186]^[16]
Vincenzo Guzzo	Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and television personality. Endorsed Charest.	^[187]
Stephen Harper	Prime Minister of Canada (2006–2015), Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2004–2015), Leader of the Canadian Alliance (2002–2003), MP for Calgary Southwest/Calgary Heritage (2002–2016), MP for Calgary West (1993–1997)	^[184]
Jason Kenney	Premier of Alberta (2019–present), Leader of the United Conservative Party (2017–present), Leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (2017), and Alberta MLA for Calgary-Lougheed (2017–present), Minister of National Defence (2015), Minister of Employment and Social Development (2013–2015), Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism (2008–2013), MP for Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (2015–2016) and Calgary Southeast, Alberta (1997–2015)	^[184]
Tasha Kheiriddin	Political columnist for Postmedia, and author. Endorsed Charest.	^[188]
Peter MacKay	Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2004–2015), Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (2003), Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2013–2015), Minister of National Defence (2007–2013), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006–2007), MP for Central Nova (1997–2015) and runner-up in the 2020 leadership election	^[189]^[190]
Scott Moe	Premier of Saskatchewan (2018–present), Leader of the Saskatchewan Party (2018–present), Saskatchewan MLA for Rosthern-Shellbrook (2011–present)	^[191]
Ben Mulroney	Television presenter and son of former prime minister Brian Mulroney	^[192]
Caroline Mulroney	Minister of Transportation of Ontario (2018–present), Minister of Francophone Affairs (2018–present), Attorney General of Ontario (2018–2019), MPP for York—Simcoe (2018–present) and daughter of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney	^[193]^[184]
Kevin O'Leary	Businessman, investor, television personality and 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election candidate. Endorsed Charest.	^[194]
Lisa Raitt	Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition (2017–2019), Shadow Minister of Finance (2015–2016), Minister of Transport (2013–2015), Minister of Labour (2010–2013), Minister of Natural Resources (2008–2010), President and CEO of the Toronto Port Authority (2002–2008), MP for Milton, Ontario (2015–2019) and Halton, Ontario (2008–2015), and 2017 leadership candidate.	^[184]
Michelle Rempel Garner	Shadow Minister for Natural Resources (2021–present), Shadow Minister for Health (2020–2021), Minister of Western Economic Diversification (2013–2015) and MP for Calgary Nose Hill (since 2011). Endorsed Brown.	^[184]
Andrew Scheer	Shadow Minister of Infrastructure and Communities (2020–present), MP for Regina—Qu'Appelle (2004–present), former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition (2017–2020), Speaker of the House of Commons (2011–2015). Endorsed Poilievre	^[195]
Brad Wall	Premier of Saskatchewan (2007–2018), Leader of the Saskatchewan Party (2004–2018), Saskatchewan MLA for Swift Current (1999–2018)	^[184]

Endorsements

Candidate	Current politicians				Former politicians				Other prominent individuals	Organizations	Media	Total
Candidate	Members of Parliament	Senators	Provincial politicians	Municipal politicians	Former MPs	Former Senators	Former provincial politicians	Former municipal politicians	Other prominent individuals	Organizations	Media	Total
Verified candidates
Scott Aitchison	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Roman Baber	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Patrick Brown	2	2	1	1	4	2	–	–	–	–	–	12
Jean Charest	16	8	7	1	12	4	19	2	3	–	–	72
Leslyn Lewis	10	–	–	–	3	–	1	–	1	1	–	16
Pierre Poilievre	60	6	34	–	16	2	3	2	6	–	–	129
Failed to qualify
Grant Abraham	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
Leona Alleslev	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Joseph Bourgault	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	1	–	3
Marc Dalton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
Joel Etienne	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Bobby Singh	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

Fundraising

2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election – Fundraising
Period	Scott Aitchison	Roman Baber	Patrick Brown	Jean Charest	Leslyn Lewis	Pierre Poilievre
Period
Q1^[196]^[197]	$90,945	$53,987	$115,775	$490,088	$225,571	$545,298

Opinion polling

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Conservative Party supporters

Graph of opinion polls for verified candidates

Polling firm	Link	Last date of polling	Sample Size	Margin of error	Scott Aitchison	Roman Baber	Patrick Brown	Jean Charest	Leslyn Lewis	Pierre Poilievre	Other
Polling firm	Link	Last date of polling	Sample Size	Margin of error							Other
Angus Reid	^[198]	June 13, 2022	1,398	–	1%	1%	7%	14%	6%	57%	None of them 14%
Leger	^[199]	June 12, 2022	389	–	1%	2%	4%	14%	3%	44%	Don't know 23% None 8%
Narrative Research	^[200]	May 19, 2022	–	–	4%	1%	10%	14%	4%	45%	None 21%
EKOS	^[201]	May 9, 2022	–	–	–	–	8%	15%	6%	58%	Other 11% Don't know 2%
EKOS	^[202]	May 4, 2022	237	± 6.37%	–	–	9.0%	13.8%	6.7%	56.5%	Other 11.6% Skip 2.4%
Ipsos	^[203]	April 19, 2022	264	–	1%	1%	4%	14%	4%	32%	Don't know 37% Alleslev 4% Dalton 1% Singh 1%
Leger	^[204]	April 10, 2022	377	–	0%	1%	5%	18%	2%	43%	Don't know 24% None 4% Dalton 1%
Probit Inc.	^[205]	April 4, 2022	2,966	± 1.8%	1%	1%	6%	18%	6%	66%	–
Angus Reid	PDF	March 15, 2022	–	–	–	–	5%	15%	9%	54%	Michael Chong 6% None of them 10%
Leger	^[206]	March 6, 2022	358	–	–	–	3%	10%	2%	41%	Tasha Kheiriddin 1% Peter MacKay 9% Don't know/Refusal 33%
Leger	^[207]	February 6, 2022	367	–	–	–	3%	1%	3%	26%	Doug Ford 10% Rona Ambrose 6% Peter MacKay 5% Maxime Bernier 4% Andrew Scheer 4% Brad Wall 3% Michael Chong 1% Lisa Raitt 1% Someone else or None of these 10% Don't know 23%

All Canadians

Polling firm	Link	Last date of polling	Sample Size	Margin of error	Scott Aitchison	Roman Baber	Patrick Brown	Jean Charest	Leslyn Lewis	Pierre Poilievre	Other
Polling firm	Link	Last date of polling	Sample Size	Margin of error							Other
Angus Reid	^[208]	June 13, 2022	5,032	± 2%	1%	1%	8%	21%	3%	26%	None of them 39%
Leger	^[209]	June 12, 2022	1,528	± 2.5%	1%	1%	6%	14%	2%	18%	Don't know 31% None 27%
Narrative Research	^[210]	May 19, 2022	1,234	–	2%	2%	8%	20%	3%	18%	None 47%
EKOS	^[201]	May 9, 2022	2,128	± 2.1%	–	–	10%	25%	5%	23%	Other 28% Don't know 10%
EKOS	^[202]	May 4, 2022	771	± 3.5%	–	–	10.8%	23.8%	4.7%	21.9%	Other 28.9% Skip 10.0%
Ipsos	^[211]	April 19, 2022	1,001	± 3.5%	1%	2%	4%	13%	3%	15%	Don't know 57% Alleslev 2% Dalton 2% Singh 2%
Leger	^[212]	April 10, 2022	1,538	± 2.5%	0%	1%	4%	16%	3%	18%	Don't know 37% None 19% Alleslev 1%
Angus Reid	PDF	March 15, 2022	5,105	± 2%	–	–	6%	20%	14%	25%	Michael Chong 6% None of them 30%
Leger	^[206]	March 6, 2022	1,519	± 2.5%	–	–	3%	12%	2%	15%	Tasha Kheiriddin 2% Peter MacKay 10% Don't know/Refusal 55%
Leger	^[213]	February 6, 2022	1,546	± 3%	–	–	2%	3%	1%	10%	Doug Ford 7% Peter MacKay 6% Rona Ambrose 4% Maxime Bernier 3% Andrew Scheer 2% Lisa Raitt 2% Michael Chong 1% Brad Wall 1% Someone else or None of these 19% Don't know 38%

Notes

^ Brown is currently serving as Mayor of Brampton, Ontario, where he resides, but represented the riding of Simcoe North provincially from 2015–2018 and Barrie federally from 2006–2015.
^ Baber was the Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament for York Centre, 2018–2022.
^ Charest currently resides in Montreal, Quebec, but represented the riding of Sherbrooke federally from 1984–1998 and provincially from 1998–2012.
^ The debate was cancelled due to an insufficient number of candidates attending.

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 :'''Defence''': Poilievre says he disagrees with putting a no-fly zone on Ukraine because he does not want to escalate the war.<ref name="BrownPPNoFlyZone" /><ref name=PPBrownNoFlyGlobal /> Poilievre says he and a government led by him will support Ukraine by bringing Ukrainian refugees to Canada, by providing aid to Ukraine, by placing sanctions against Russia's oligarchs and commodities and by supplying Europe with Canada's energy to help reduce Europe's dependency on Russia's energy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Poilievre |first1=Pierre |title=Pierre Poilievre: Canada must get tough on Russia |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/pierre-poilievre-canada-must-get-tough-on-russia |website=National Post |date=February 28, 2022 |publisher=National Post |access-date=4 June 2022 |ref=193}}</ref>
-:'''Economic''': Poilievre says a government led by him will increase the number of independent audits done on the [[Bank of Canada]] and will ban the Bank of Canada from implementing a central bank digital currency.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Horwood |first1=Matthew |title=Poilievre would audit Bank of Canada, ban Central Bank Digital Currencies |url=https://www.westernstandard.news/news/poilievre-would-audit-bank-of-canada-ban-central-bank-digital-currencies/article_9806bc21-5e1b-5477-9171-f466ab224a6a.html |website=Western Standard |publisher=Western Standard |access-date=10 June 2022 |ref=202 |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620204943/https://www.westernstandard.news/news/poilievre-would-audit-bank-of-canada-ban-central-bank-digital-currencies/article_9806bc21-5e1b-5477-9171-f466ab224a6a.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Stephanie |title=Poilievre's populism sees him vow to audit the Bank of Canada, ban digital currency |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poilievre-s-populism-sees-him-vow-to-audit-the-bank-of-canada-ban-digital-currency-1.5880255 |website=CTV News |date=April 28, 2022 |publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=6 June 2022 |ref=195 |archive-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608003758/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poilievre-s-populism-sees-him-vow-to-audit-the-bank-of-canada-ban-digital-currency-1.5880255 |url-status=live }}</ref> Poilievre says a government led by him will remove [[Tiff Macklem]] as the [[Governor of the Bank of Canada]] and will approve a [[Governor of the Bank of Canada| Governor]] that would reinstate the Bank of Canada's low-inflation mandate and protect the purchasing power of the Canadian dollar.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Stephanie |title=Conservative debate: Poilievre fends off attacks, promises to fire BoC governor |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/conservative-debate-poilievre-fends-off-attacks-promises-to-fire-boc-governor-1.5898623 |website=cp24.com |publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=11 May 2022 |ref=95}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Platt |first1=Brian |title=Pierre Poilievre says he would fire the Bank of Canada governor if elected prime minister |url=https://financialpost.com/news/economy/trudeaus-tory-rival-says-hed-fire-bank-of-canada-governor |website=financialpost.com |publisher=Bloomberg News |access-date=12 May 2022 |ref=99}}</ref><ref name=Politicospeech /> Poilievre says he will defund the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] [[Public broadcasting|public broadcaster]].<ref name="PPTheHub" /> Poilievre disagrees with ending the supply management of dairy, eggs and poultry and he says that ending the system would be too expensive.<ref name="Cullen5"/>
+:'''Economic''': Poilievre says a government led by him will increase the number of independent audits done on the [[Bank of Canada]] and will ban the Bank of Canada from implementing a central bank digital currency.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Horwood |first1=Matthew |title=Poilievre would audit Bank of Canada, ban Central Bank Digital Currencies |url=https://www.westernstandard.news/news/poilievre-would-audit-bank-of-canada-ban-central-bank-digital-currencies/article_9806bc21-5e1b-5477-9171-f466ab224a6a.html |website=Western Standard |publisher=Western Standard |access-date=10 June 2022 |ref=202 |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620204943/https://www.westernstandard.news/news/poilievre-would-audit-bank-of-canada-ban-central-bank-digital-currencies/article_9806bc21-5e1b-5477-9171-f466ab224a6a.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Stephanie |title=Poilievre's populism sees him vow to audit the Bank of Canada, ban digital currency |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poilievre-s-populism-sees-him-vow-to-audit-the-bank-of-canada-ban-digital-currency-1.5880255 |website=CTV News |date=April 28, 2022 |publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=6 June 2022 |ref=195 |archive-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608003758/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poilievre-s-populism-sees-him-vow-to-audit-the-bank-of-canada-ban-digital-currency-1.5880255 |url-status=live }}</ref> Poilievre plans on replacing the [[Governor of the Bank of Canada]], [[Tiff Macklem]] with someone "who would reinstate our low-inflation mandate and protect the purchasing power of the Canadian dollar".<ref name="Walsh_20220512">{{Cite news| last1 = Walsh| first1 = Marieke| last2 = Rendell| first2 = Mark| last3 = Bailey| first3 = Ian| title = Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre says he would remove Bank of Canada Governor if he forms government| work = The Globe and Mail| access-date = May 12, 2022| date = May 12, 2022| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-poilievre-says-he-would-remove-bank-of-canada-governor-if-he-forms/| archive-date = May 12, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220512021618/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-poilievre-says-he-would-remove-bank-of-canada-governor-if-he-forms/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="McParland_20220512">{{Cite news| last = McParland| first = Kelly| title = Pierre Poilievre is too big a risk to lead the Conservatives| work = National Post| access-date = May 12, 2022| date = May 12, 2022| url = https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-pierre-poilievre-is-too-big-a-risk-to-lead-the-conservatives| archive-date = May 23, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220523154840/https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-pierre-poilievre-is-too-big-a-risk-to-lead-the-conservatives| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Bank">{{Cite news| last = Blatchford| first = Andy| title = Frontrunner for Canada's Conservative leadership promises to fire central bank governor| work = POLITICO| access-date = May 12, 2022| date = May 11, 2022| url = https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/11/pierre-poilievre-fire-tiff-macklem-canada-bank-debate-00032012| archive-date = May 12, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220512072252/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/11/pierre-poilievre-fire-tiff-macklem-canada-bank-debate-00032012| url-status = live}}</ref> Poilievre says he will defund the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] [[Public broadcasting|public broadcaster]].<ref name="PPTheHub" /> Poilievre disagrees with ending the supply management of dairy, eggs and poultry and he says that ending the system would be too expensive.<ref name="Cullen5"/>
 :According to numerous commentators, including the ''Toronto Star'''s Raju Mudhar, Justin Ling writing in the ''Toronto Star'' and speaking on a podcast in the ''Toronto Star'', ''The Cord's'' Marina Black and the ''Toronto Sun's'' Brian Lilley, Poilievre has espoused conspiracy theories regarding the [[World Economic Forum]] for saying that he opposes their proposed "[[Great Reset|great reset]]" and for him saying "I’m against their proposals; I’m against their socialist agenda; I’m against the proposals they’ve made." and because he plans to ban ministers and top government officials from attending the Forum's annual summit.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ling |first1=Justin |title=Why Pierre Poilievre and some other some Conservative leadership candidates are flirting with a World Economic Forum conspiracy theory linked to the 'Freedom Convoy' |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2022/06/04/davos-klaus-schwab-the-great-reset-why-pierre-poilievre-and-some-tory-leadership-hopefuls-are-invoking-world-economic-forum-conspiracy-theories.html |website=The Toronto Star |access-date=14 June 2022 |date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604111722/https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2022/06/04/davos-klaus-schwab-the-great-reset-why-pierre-poilievre-and-some-tory-leadership-hopefuls-are-invoking-world-economic-forum-conspiracy-theories.html |archive-date=4 June 2022 |quote=Over 17 years in Parliament, he’s always opposed their “great reset,” he says. “I’m against their proposals; I’m against their socialist agenda; I’m against the proposals they’ve made.” Despite criticism, he continues, “I’ve never backed down.” As prime minister, if anyone in his cabinet looked to attend the forum’s annual retreat in Davos, “They’ll have to resign their posts as minister.”}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mudhar |first1=Raju |title=Why Conservatives are embracing conspiracy theories |url=https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/thismatters/2022/06/07/why-conservatives-are-embracing-conspiracy-theories.html?rf |website=The Toronto Star |access-date=7 June 2022 |language=en-CA |date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607195110/https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/thismatters/2022/06/07/why-conservatives-are-embracing-conspiracy-theories.html?rf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Black |first=Byline: Marina |date=December 2, 2020 |title=Let's talk about the Great Reset |url=https://thecord.ca/lets-talk-about-the-great-reset/ |access-date=March 17, 2022 |website=The Cord |language=en-CA |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409223846/https://thecord.ca/lets-talk-about-the-great-reset/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lilley |first1=Brian |title=LILLEY: Poilievre shills conspiracy theories to sell memberships |url=https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-poilievre-shills-conspiracy-theories-to-sell-memberships |newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]] |publisher=[[Postmedia]] |access-date=23 May 2022 |language=en-CA |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523231136/https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-poilievre-shills-conspiracy-theories-to-sell-memberships |url-status=live }}</ref>