The Globe:  "Canada needs a sane, sensible, rights-respecting alternative to the Liberals. It needs a party that knows how to sell, but more importantly has something true to sell. It needs a party whose primary focus is the economy and the well-being of middle-class Canadians, and which understands that economics is a lot more complicated than just mouthing slogans about the evils of taxes. It needs a party capable of governing, and governing well, for all Canadians."
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It was called the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
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It was exterminated by the Harper gang.  They couldn't even stand the name.
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As long as the oil industry views the Conservatives as its preferred wholly-owned vehicle for climate-change-denial-as-public-policy, that situation isn't going to change.
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That's where the campaign money comes from.  If you don't sing their tune, you don't get any - and you get "primaried" out of the nomination.