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Royce Koop

By Royce Koop

Royce Koop is a professor of Political Science and coordinator of the Canadian Studies program at the University of Manitoba.

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Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
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It's a bad sign when political parties prioritize money over votes

The next Conservative party leader should be sensitive and receptive to party members. But the leader must also shape, not follow, opinion in the party.

By Royce Koop - Posted on March 31, 2022
Pierre Poilievre climbs on a pipeline laying machine at a press conference at Brandt Tractor Ltd. in Regina on Friday, March 4, 2022. Michael Bell/The Canadian Press.
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The CPC struck the right balance on its leadership race

The Leadership Election Organizing Committee has opted for a longer race, with the leader to be selected Spetember 10.

By Royce Koop - Posted on March 9, 2022
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole addresses the Conservative caucus during a meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS.
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Conservatives have nothing to lose from electoral reform and everything to gain

Conservatives are systematically disadvantaged by the electoral system, and yet not a single prominent Conservative voice has called for electoral reform.

By Royce Koop - Posted on November 16, 2021
Federal Green Party leader Annamie Paul arrives to a press conference as she officially opens her campaign office in Toronto Centre on July 22, 2021. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press.
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How to understand the Green Party’s fascinating, peculiar leadership crisis

The most frequent response to the strife in the Green Party has been both wonderment and a sense of incomprehensibility: “they did what?”

By Royce Koop - Posted on July 29, 2021
Andrew Scheer speaks during a press conference in Regina on Thursday July 30, 2020. Michael Bell/The Canadian Press.
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Royce Koop: Beware the Tory syndrome

The Tory Syndrome therefore led to a vicious cycle: the party’s infighting resulted in part from a lack of power, and in turn made it even more difficult to win.

By Royce Koop - Posted on June 24, 2021
Liberal Party members vote for the new party constitution at the 2016 convention on May 28, 2016. John Woods/The Canadian Press
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Royce Koop: How to fix Canada’s political parties

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen members go to party conventions and vote to approve policy resolutions that their leaders will surely ignore for the next election.

By Royce Koop - Posted on April 27, 2021
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