Prince Edward Island’s Wade MacLauchlan left academia to become his province’s Liberal leader and premier in 2015. By comparison, next month’s Ontario leadership campaign is lining up to be anything but a cakewalk for whoever wins it. In 2004, then-Magna CEO Belinda Stronach brought many of the same assets as Mulroney to her leadership bid against Stephen Harper. Those two recent episodes will not prevent many battle-hardened veterans of the Tory backrooms from lining up behind a Mulroney leadership bid. Others will be drawn to the many qualities that make Caroline Mulroney a promising political neophyte.

Source: thestar February 02, 2018 21:00 UTC