A former Progressive Conservative who calls Pierre Poilievre ‘terrifying’ is launching a new political party

 

OTTAWA — A new political party will appear on the ballot in two upcoming by-elections as the Canadian Future Party seeks to introduce itself officially as a centrist option for voters it argues are growing weary of an increasingly polarized environment.

The party, approved by Elections Canada last month, will field candidates in the LaSalle—Émard—Verdun and Elmwood-Transcona races in September, which are being watched closely for what they might herald for the governing Liberals, Official Opposition Conservatives, and New Democrats. 

Dominic Cardy, the interim leader of the party, told the Star in an exclusive interview Tuesday that he’s under no illusions his rookie venture will be easy to get off the ground.

But Cardy — a former cabinet minister in New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative government — says he sees room for his party’s message as he surveys the current political landscape.

“We’re the no-nonsense party. We’re going to be here to talk about things that are real, not try and spin them, not have lots of hyperbole on either side, and actually offer concrete solutions around the problems that I think have been totally ignored by the Liberals and Conservatives particularly,” he said ahead of an event in Ottawa on Wednesday to officially launch the party. 

“Our tag line is saying we’re not left, not right, (we’re) going forward.” 

Future Canada started two years ago as a movement known as Centre Ice Conservatives, a coalition of small-c conservatives frustrated by their party’s inability to gain traction with centrist voters.

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