UK, Australia Ex-PMs Johnson and Abbott Laud Tories’ High Polling in Canada, Emphasize Importance of Freedom

Published on April 11, 2024

OTTAWA—Former conservative Prime Ministers Boris Johnson of the U.K. and Tony Abbott of Australia predict their Canadian partisan cousins are on their way to win the next federal election. “It’s fantastic to be here in Canada, where we’re just seeing incredible sense that the Conservative Party is not only resurgent, but is poised for victory,” Mr. Johnson said on the opening day of the Canada Strong & Free Network 2024 in Ottawa on April 10. Mr. Johnson was leader of the British Conservative Party from and prime minister of the UK from 2019 to 2022. Mr. Abbott, who was Australian prime minister from 2013 to 2015, shared a similar sentiment, describing Australia’s right-leaning Liberal Party, which he led from 2013 to 2015, as “the conservative party in Australia.”...

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