Conservative Canada votes on policy issues

I’m at the policy convention for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Delegates — there are about 2,300 of them I’m told — will be voting on a whole series of policy motions on everything from agriculture to same-sex marriage issues to transportation to defence.

The organizers are using an electronic voting system. One of the first questions asked of voters was: “What province are you from?”

Here’s the results:

1. Ontario delegates make up 33.3 per cent of all potential votes here.
2. British Columbia – 14.8 %
3. Quebec – 13.8 %
4. Alberta – 12.1 %
5. Saskatchewan – 7.4 %
6. Manitoba – 6.2 %
7. Nova Scotia – 4.7 %
8. New Brunswick – 3.7 %
9. Newfoundland and Labrador – 1.7 %
10. Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon – less than 1 %.

I’ll try to update during the day.

SOCIAL NOTE: Conservative MP Belinda Stronach, who represents an Ontario riding and whose family controls the Magna automotive parts manufacturing company, held the most popular party of the weekend. She set up shot at Hotel Gaudin here in Montreal and guests — easily 1,000 or more — were treated to a performance by Tom Cochrane. Food was pretty good, too.