EPISODE 69

Kim Campbell (and a bit of Liz Truss)

Kim Campbell (and a bit of Liz Truss)

Kim Campbell served as prime minister of Canada for just 132 days in 1993, when she led her Progressive Conservative Party to catastrophic defeat in an election; the governing party won just two seats at the 1993 election. 

Campbell’s premiership bears some superficial resemblances with that of Liz Truss time in charge of the UK, and the British Conservatives seem set for a terrible election defeat at the next election here. What can they learn from Campbell’s experience?

My guest for today’s episode is Daniel Beland, a political scientist who works at McGill University in Montreal. 

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