Crowds attending rallies organized by Pierre Poilievre as he seeks Conservative federal leadership are not vital to winning the race, rival camps say, insisting there are less impressive ways to gather the support needed to win. . Alberta MP Michel Rebel Garner said other former Conservative candidates, such as Kevin O’Leary and Peter McKay, had attracted large crowds without actually winning. Ms Rempel Garner is the co-chair of the national campaign of Patrick Brown, the mayor of Brampton, Ont. “It takes a lot of effort and resources to plan a rally,” Ms. Rebel Garner said in an interview. “It’s great things. We spend 100 percent of our time selling subscriptions. Ει It goes very well. ” He refused to provide the number of members that the Brown camp had sold. Who will be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada? Candidates and dates for attendance Candidates seeking to replace Conservative leader Erin O’Toole have until June 3 to create a pool of supporters who could tilt the race in their favor. The new leader will be announced on September 10. Mr Poilievre, an Ottawa lawmaker and former Conservative economist, is attracting crowds as he pledges to make Canada “the freest nation on earth.” As he embarked on his first campaign trip to British Columbia on Thursday, about 1,000 people showed up at a rally in Vancouver. This is followed by rallies that gathered 1,000 in the Lindsay community in southeastern Ontario and hundreds in rallies in Ottawa and Windsor. After Vancouver, Mr. Poilievre has events scheduled for Prince George, Kelowna, Vernon and Langley. He will then make a stop in Calgary in April. 12. Rallies in support of Mr Poilievre clearly stand out in the race, whose other participants include former Quebec Prime Minister Jean Charest, MPs Leslyn Lewis, Scott Aitchison, Marc Dalton and former Tory MP Leona Alleslev. Adam Chambers, the Conservative MP for Simcoe North, recalled introducing Mr Poilievre last month at a rally in Toronto attended by about 700 people. But, says Mr. Chambers, work is needed for large numbers to count. “You can sell the Scotiabank Arena, but if you do not sell subscriptions, it will not help you win the nomination. “There must be a conversion from people who are interested in the candidate in the subscription market,” he said in an interview. “From what I saw, I would say, yes, there was a lot of conversion activity going on.” Mr Poilievre’s campaign declined to comment on the crowd’s impact on the struggle. A spokesman for Mr Charest said they were focusing more on direct member engagement and sales than on the crowd. “We feel confident that our campaign, between the candidate and our team of organizers and volunteers, speaks to members on a daily basis and the response has been very encouraging and positive,” said Michelle Coates Mather, Communications Director at Charest, statement. Steve Outhouse, Ms Lewis’s campaign manager, said in a statement that the campaign had a “large turnout” in Ms Lewis’s events, but was also encouraged to see a high level of commitment to all campaigns, as this bode well for the Conservatives. in the next election. Asked about the Poilievre rallies, Ms Alleslev told Parliament Hill on Wednesday that those who supported her campaign “may or may not be the people who want to go to the rallies”. Conservative commentator Tim Powers, vice president of Summa Strategies and CEO of Abacus Data, said Mr. Poilievre is capable of targeting and reaching an audience. “He uses data he had as a Conservative MP through his YouTube channel and other social media platforms,” Powers said. “It calls on different people in different parts of the country to show up at a specific time and participate.” Mr Powers expressed concern about the contempt campaigns they were showing to count the crowd. “You tell me that if Patrick [Brown] did a rally and had 2,000 people out there, wouldn’t they put it up? You know they would do it. “ For subscribers: Receive exclusive political news and analysis by subscribing to Political information.
