This is not the CPC leadership race that anyone anticipated.  Seems the party is in catharsis, trying to put the Harper albatross behind them.  Now the surprise leading candidate is Max (Maxime Bernier, who is definitely not an 'unknown,' G&M staff).  And that is refreshing.  The party will have more appeal to a new generation with socially progressive views, and by offering a clearly more libertarian approach to finance, trade and taxation.