Michelle Rempel Garner Says Report On Failed Conservative Campaign Should Be More Broadly Shared

“How can we possibly evaluate if that plan with work (or exists) if we don’t have an opportunity to see what the identified issues are, or what the corresponding plan is?”

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is calling on the party to share the report on the failed 2019 campaign more broadly.

The report was conducted by former Harper government cabinet minister John Baird.

So far, the party has said that the report will stay in the hands of interim-leader Andrew Scheer, and will then be given to whomever wins the leadership race.

But Rempel Garner slammed that plan on Twitter, saying it needs to be shared more widely:

“1/ Thread. This needs to happen, and here’s why and how.”

“2/ Our party is a going concern. There are clear structural deficiencies that have been identified in this report which need to have a plan developed to rectify.”

“3/ How can we possibly evaluate if that plan with work (or exists) if we don’t have an opportunity to see what the identified issues are, or what the corresponding plan is?”

“4/ I don’t care if this happens in a room with a PowerPoint presentation because no, I don’t need it breathlessly dissected by political pundits on talk shows. I do need to know if the organization I’m a part of has a plan to get its shit together.”

“5/ I need to be able to go to my constituents, my donors, my members, my stakeholders and my staff and tell them what we feel went wrong and how we’re going to fix it. I also need to know that the hours I spent giving feedback means something.”

“6/ Our leadership candidates need to be able to address their visions for fixing these issues and moving forward. Our members need to evaluate those visions ahead of their votes.”

“7/ Why am I saying this publicly? Because things haven’t changed to date and they need to change. They can’t be allowed to be brushed under the rug. This can be a very positive exercise.”

We can see that Rempel Garner is making a good point here.

Just like a football team or hockey team that loses needs to get the whole team on board with understanding what went wrong and how they can win in the future, a political party needs to get everyone internally hearing the analysis and figuring out how to win next time.

Keeping the report only in the hands of the interim party leader makes no sense. It should be shared far more broadly.

Spencer Fernando

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