John Ivison: Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis has found her voice

It is Leslyn Lewis’s social media posts as the Black Lives Matter debate has raged that have made Conservatives sit up and take note. JAMES PARK FOR POSTMEDIA

Leslyn Lewis is a Canadian lawyer and political candidate living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Likewise, in February 2020 Lewis was confirmed as an official leadership contestant for the Conservative Party of Canada, after the resignation of former party leader Andrew Scheer in December 2019. Similarly, it is necessary to indicate that Lewis is the first visible minority woman to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Now, conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis is said to have found her voice. And is that Lewis asks potential supporters if they believe Canada is ready for someone who does not fit the mold of a “normal politician”. In fact, the conservative leadership candidate says that she has been told that she cannot win because she is not a deputy; because Canada is not ready for a black prime minister, and because politics is a man’s game.

Lewis’s Facebook engagements doubled last week as more people became interested in her interventions on the COVID restrictions; on the removal of police funds and on Black Lives Matter.

Increasing interest

A necessary fact to indicate is that more and more people are getting involved with their publications, which is an indicator of interest as accurately as we are. Furthermore, the odds are still stacked against the 49-year-old Jamaican immigrant; a mother of two and has a master’s degree in environmental studies from York University and a doctorate in international law from the Osgoode Law School.

Still, it is well known that in the 10 leadership contests held by the top three national parties in this century, only two were won by non-caucus members, Jack Layton for the NDP in 2003 and Jagmeet Singh in 2017. None It was won by women.

Meanwhile, Lewis has delivered a respectable performance in terms of fundraising ($ 447,646 in the first quarter, with six backups from MP). However, those efforts have been said to have been overshadowed by MacKay, who raised more than $ 1 million in the same period and is backed by 41 MPs. O’Toole raised $ 784,997 and is supported by 36 MPs and a provincial prime minister, Jason Kenney.

It’s Lewis’s social media posts over the past week or so, as the Black Lives Matter debate has sparked, making conservatives sit down and take notice. Suddenly, the idea arose that a Toronto black woman who articulately and thoughtfully expresses conservative ideas could be a leader of the conservative party. Even if she doesn’t win, her impressive entry on the national stage suggests that she will be an essential member of a future conservative bank.

Source: John Ivison | National Post