Able to communicate relatively well in French, although it was a little less facile: Pierre Lemieux, Erin O’Toole and Andrew Saxton. Kellie Leitch and Lisa Raitt both improved their French since we last saw them labour in the Dec. 6 debate in Moncton, N.B. Asked what they would do to secure more support from Quebec, candidates had a few different angles, tax reductions chief among them. It’s immigration policy that could cause more fundamental schisms in the party, especially after a 2015 election campaign that had the Tories struggling to justify a loud debate over niqabs. Lemieux would improve resources for intelligence agencies and require fluency in English or French to be let into the country.

Source: National Post January 18, 2017 14:41 UTC