True Blue History
The modern Conservative Party of Canada was formed in 2003 by merging the Canadian Alliance and the historic party.
What is the Progressive Conservative Party?
Elected leader in 2022, his campaign and current leadership heavily feature the slogan "Axe the Tax."
Who is Pierre Poilievre?
A central piece of current Conservative economic policy involves repealing this specific environmental pricing mechanism.
What is the Carbon Tax?
This is the official brand colour of the Conservative Party of Canada.
What is Blue?
In 2011, Stephen Harper led the party to its first and only one of these, winning 166 seats and total control of the House of Commons.
What is a majority government?
He was the first leader of the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada and served as Prime Minister from 2006 to 2015.
Who is Stephen Harper?
This former RCAF navigator and corporate lawyer served as the leader of the Official Opposition from 2020 to 2022.
Who is Erin O'Toole?
The party's platform heavily emphasizes domestic resource development, economic sovereignty, and lowering the cost of living under this two-word, patriotic slogan.
What is "Canada First"?
You must be at least this age to purchase a membership and vote in a Conservative Party leadership race.
What is 14 years old?
A viral moment for the party in 2023 featured Pierre Poilievre calmly munching on this fruit while dismantling a reporter's questions.
What is an apple?
Rooted in Western Canada, this predecessor party was founded by Preston Manning in 1987 with the slogan "The West Wants In."
What is the Reform Party?
Before leading the party from 2017 to 2020, he made history in 2011 as the youngest Speaker of the House of Commons in Canadian history.
Who is Andrew Scheer?
To boost the housing supply, the party proposes tying federal infrastructure funding for municipalities directly to this specific metric.
What is the number of homes built?
The Conservative Party's national headquarters are located on Albert Street in this Canadian city.
What is Ottawa?
She currently serves as the Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party alongside Tim Uppal and represents the Ontario riding of Thornhill.
Who is Melissa Lantsman?
In 1993, she became the first—and so far only—female Prime Minister of Canada as the leader of the Progressive Conservatives.
Who is Kim Campbell?
Before the historic 2003 merger, this former Nova Scotia MP and cabinet minister was the final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
Who is Peter MacKay?
A highly publicized cultural and fiscal promise under Pierre Poilievre's leadership is the pledge to defund this national crown corporation.
What is the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)?
Following the change in Liberal leadership, the Conservatives have served as the Official Opposition to this current Prime Minister since he took office in early 2025.
Who is Mark Carney?
During the 2015 federal election, Conservative attack ads famously conceded that Justin Trudeau had "nice hair, though," but ended with this five-word tagline.
What is "He's just not ready"?
Known for his landslide 1984 victory, this Progressive Conservative Prime Minister introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and negotiated the original Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
Who is Brian Mulroney?
Serving as the interim leader of the party in 2022 after Erin O'Toole's departure, this former MP for Portage—Lisgar helped steady the ship until the next leadership race.
Who is Candice Bergen?
To reign in federal deficits, the party has proposed a "Pay-As-You-Go" law, which would require that every new dollar of unbudgeted government spending be matched by a dollar of this.
What are savings (or cuts)?
If you look closely at the modern Conservative Party's official logo, you will see this stylized Canadian symbol seamlessly integrated into the letter "C."
What is a maple leaf?
The back of Mark Carney's hockey jersey in the famous 2025 Liberal campaign ad featured this two-word slogan, a direct rejection of Donald Trump's rhetoric about annexing Canada as a new U.S. state.
What is "Elbows Up"?