Conservative Party members from across the country are gathering today in downtown Calgary for the federal party’s convention, set to run through the weekend. That split among Conservatives captures Poilievre’s central dilemma heading into the convention. There’s a risk the Liberals’ current focus on economic and energy projects could “squeeze out the Conservative Party,” says Qiu. Such policies might appeal to a broader base in what the Conservatives like to call their “big tent” of supporters. “I think, in many ways, the story of the last election was that conservatives consolidated conservative support, and liberals consolidated progressive support, meaning the NDP collapsed and the PPC collapsed,” says Roth.