The new party, called the Conservative Party of Canada, faces an uphill struggle.

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The human foot was sent to the Conservative Party of Canada headquarters in Ottawa, prompting a hazardous materials team to investigate.

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The Alliance is a bold effort to reshape Canada's right by merging Reform, a federal neo-conservative party of Albertan origin, with sections of the Progressive Conservatives.

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So, too, might success for the Canadian Alliance, a new broader, replacement for the conservative Reform Party, many of whose leaders want Quebec to stop whingeing, or get out of Canada.

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It was Irving Gerstein, a Conservative Party leader, who asked Mr. Hilton if he would consider leaving his job as chief financial officer of Enablence Technologies, an optical-communications manufacturer, to join Canada's Conservative Party as executive director.

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