Newman: Conservative Party’s problem bigger than Poilievre

Don Newman: Why are defections and unrest in the Conservative caucus putting at risk more than just the fate of the leader? Because the party is in an identity crisis.

Since the Conservatives lost power in 2015, there has been low-key struggle between the majority hard core of the party represented by the original Reform Party and the more moderate members who came from the traditional Progressive Conservatives represented by the more centrist politics of Brian Mulroney…