OTTAWA — Manitoba MP Candice Bergen is seriously looking at launching her own bid for the Conservative leadership, a change of heart that comes after three high-profile candidates decided last week not to run. But after Jean Charest, Rona Ambrose and Pierre Poilievre all announced over the past week that they would not be entering the race, Bergen changed her mind and is gauging support, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. Bergen told the National Post by phone that she did not want to comment on the matter. Bergen, a former financial planner, was Harper’s Manitoba campaign manager when he ran for Conservative leader in 2004. MacKay, widely seen as the race’s front-runner, was the last leader of the Progressive Conservative party before it merged with the Canadian Alliance in 2003 to form the modern Conservative Party.

Source: National Post January 27, 2020 11:48 UTC