NFA Endorsed CPC National Council candidates

The 2021 Conservative National Convention will be taking place this week online from March 18 to 20 2021. Over 5,500 convention delegates from across Canada will meet virtually to discuss policies and vote for a new National Council. The CPC National Council is responsible for overseeing the management of all party affairs except for the raising and spending of party funds, which is overseen by the Conservative Fund. The membership of the National Council and Conservative Fund are volunteer positions.

Given that there will likely be a federal election called sometime this year, and stricter gun controls will be a major Liberal election plank, it is very important to embattled law abiding Canadian firearms owners that are also CPC members to have pro-gun rights councillors representing them on National Council.

Canada’s National Firearms Association is always deeply involved with every CPC Policy Convention and routinely engages in the process to promote pro-gun policies and support aspiring councillor candidates that openly help advance the cause of gun rights in Canada.

This 2021 Virtual Conservative Policy Convention is no different. The NFA has once again worked hard to develop and move firearms policies to the convention and has interviewed most of the CPC National councillor candidates to assess their views on gun rights in Canada.

Only those candidates deemed most ardent and knowledgeable supporters of law-abiding Canadian firearms owners were formally endorsed. NFA endorsed National Council candidates are marked * and cited below to assist CPC ‘gunny’ convention delegates cast an informed vote.

See https://cpc21.ca for more convention information.

How does voting for 2021 National Council work?
Voting for provincial National councillors starts at 12:00 pm on Friday, March 19th.
Convention delegates will receive another email ballot at that time
Delegates must fill out the exact number of choices for their province.
The voting link will expire at 3:00pm on Friday, March 19th.
Delegates who missed the initial round of voting can vote on Saturday from 12:00pm to 3:00pm

2021 National Council Election Schedule
Thursday March 18, 2021 @ 1:00 PM EDT – National Council Candidate Speeches
Friday March 19, 2021 @ 12:00 PM EDT – Voting Open for National Council Election (until 3:00 PM)
Saturday March 20, 2021 @ 10:15 AM EDT – Retiring National Councillors Thank You
Saturday March 20, 2021 @ 3:30 PM EDT – National Council Election Results

2021 National Council candidates

Newfoundland and Labrador (one seat available)

Patrick Hanlon
Judy Manning * NFA Endorsed

Quebec (3 Seats Available)

Valerie Assouline
Matthew Conway * NFA / Guy Morin Endorsed
Jeff Joseph
Emile Mercier
Jimmy Yu

Ontario (four seats available)

Pete Aarssen * NFA Endorsed
Shir Barzilay
Bert Chen
Jason Gorel * NFA Endorsed
Kara Johnson
Stewart Kiff * NFA Endorsed
Mary MacNeill * NFA Endorsed
Jennifer Snell
Matthijs van Gaalen
Michael Wilson
Bruce Yu
Ghada Malek

Saskatchewan (one seat available)

Tom Harrison * NFA Endorsed
Colette Stang * NFA Endorsed

Alberta (two seats available)

Pam Davidson * NFA Endorsed
Steven Dollansky
Gord Elliott
Amber Ruddy
Cynthia Williams
Debra Janzen

British Columbia (two seats available)

Robert Boyd * NFA Endorsed
Mani Fallon
Larry Gray * NFA Endorsed
Fritz Radandt
Daniel Tidball