In early 2004 she unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the newly formed [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. Despite spend more money on her campaign then victor, [[Stephen Harper]] she still lost by a large margin. This was mostly seen because of her failure to attend the televised debate between the candidates, along with her ideology on social issues being seen as too left-wing. | In early 2004 she unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the newly formed [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. Despite spend more money on her campaign then victor, [[Stephen Harper]] she still lost by a large margin. This was mostly seen because of her failure to attend the televised debate between the candidates, along with her ideology on social issues being seen as too left-wing. |