OTTAWA—Candice Bergen, the Conservative party’s former interim leader, is stepping down as a member of Parliament. Bergen said she leaves the job feeling hopeful and re-energized about her own future and that of the Conservative party. When the Tories lost the 2015 election, she moved into the party’s senior management ranks, becoming House leader under both interim leader Rona Ambrose and the party’s next leader, Andrew Scheer. When O’Toole replaced Scheer, he appointed Bergen as deputy party leader. After she became interim leader, and as the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protest dragged on, Bergen eventually said publicly she thought it was time for trucker blockades to end.

Source: thestar February 02, 2023 17:34 UTC