Canada: Ajax Pickering and Election Campaign

canada: The 48-year-old was seen as a rising star in the party after an impressive stint as Canada first ambassador to Afghanistan and later as the United Nations' deputy special representative there, according to Huffington Post Canada. During the 2015 election campaign, however, Alexander took heat for the Tories' handling of the Syrian refugee crisis. Alexander, the former MP for Ajax–Pickering, told The Huffington Post Canada he is currently collecting signatures supporting his potential run. "I am actively considering a bid to lead the Conservative Party of Canada and excited by the exchanges I'm having about how to renew and reinvigorate our Party," Alexander said in an email. "I'll have lots more to say on other subjects when I'm ready." Former immigration minister Chris Alexander speaks to media in Toronto on Sept. 19, 2015. He was left to defend the government unambitious actions when images of three-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach flooded the airwaves and his Canadian aunt told reporters she had tried to get her family to Canada but was refused. I spent two weeks being called a baby-killer' "I spent two weeks being called a baby-killer by other MPs and by people in the media. Alexander, first elected in 2011, lost his bid for re-election last October to Liberal Mark Holland. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.