Stephanie Levitz

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole brushed off the idea Tuesday that a vote by the party's grassroots on climate change should colour Canadians' opinion of his party.

Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with "Justice for Indigenous," the mother of Colten Boushie stood before microphones on Monday, March 22, 2021, to address discrimination that a complaints commission confirmed she faced when RCMP officers told her of his death.

If there's been one constant at Conservative conventions since the party's first in Montreal in 2005, it's been a fellow known as "Gord, from Red Deer."

Former Conservative leadership candidate and longtime party stalwart Peter MacKay won't attend the party's policy convention this week.