Voters just strongly rejected Harper. They will just as surely reject Jason Kenney (aka Harper 2.0) in the next election, so if the CPC leadership has any brains, they'll strongly encourage Kenney not to run and instead make him interim party leader. He's an experienced MP and would make an effective opposition leader for the next 12-18 months, but he'll never win a national election.
Outside of Brad Wall (who hasn't indicated he has a desire to run and doesn't speak French), I'm not sure if there are any prominent conservatives currently serving at the national or provincial levels who could turn the fortunes of the CPC around in the short-medium term. Maybe we'll see an out-of-nowhere candidate from the private sector?
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