Why Choose CLF?
CLF’s Philosophy is Unique within Canada.
We combine world-class instruction, novel learning methodologies, a recognizable certification program, and exclusive networking opportunities that will turbocharge your career.
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Unparalleled Academic Rigour
Established in 1990, CLF’s training is as demanding as it is rewarding. Fundamental to the CLF philosophy is that cookie-cutter approaches do not serve most local campaigns.
Consequently, our programming develops context-specific critical thinking skills. Students learn through lectures, simulations, team exercises, and case studies, all led by world-class strategists fresh from the field.
Participants are evaluated through peer reviews, scenario work, and applied tests that measure leadership, communication, and strategic decision-making. Every graduate leaves with measurable skills that translate directly to the next campaign victory.
Legendary Events
From intensive “Boot Camp” weekends to post-election “Lessons Learned” sessions, CLF events bring together Canada’s most experienced campaign managers, staffers, and emerging activists. These are the rooms where the hardest-earned political lessons are shared openly, and where institutional memory is built for the next generation. Every event is packed with real insight from people who have actually fought and won campaigns.
Friendships That Last a Lifetime
The bonds formed during a CLF weekend run deep. Late-night debates, team exercises, shared stress, shared victories: These experiences create meaningful connections across ridings, age groups, election cycles, and different levels of government. CLF alumni support one another as volunteers, staffers, advisors, and elected officials for decades. At CLF, alumni have met their professional mentors, lifelong friends, and future spouses.
Where Are They Now?
CLF alumni lead campaigns, advise Cabinet ministers, and serve at every level of government: municipal, provincial, and federal. If you meet a top-tier organizer in Canadian politics today, chances are you’re meeting someone who trained with CLF. Our graduates shape the Conservative movement for the better from coast to coast to coast.
WHY Conservative Leadership Foundation?
Build marketable credentials that will stand out as strong signals to employers of the value you bring, leading to more job offers and higher salaries.
World-class instruction
Gain access to world-class instruction, and a political operations curriculum unavailable anywhere else in Canada. Our programs are tailored to your needs and reject the “one size fits all approach” commonly applied to local campaigns.
What you can expect
Learn frameworks, models and practical tools for success that will place you and your colleagues on the same page, eliminating common disagreements about what needs to be done and thereby saving valuable time in the heat of tough campaigns.
“The takeaways my team got from CLF saved my office countless hours. CLF is the only organization providing real, practical political training in Canada.”
Why you want to attend
Expand your network by forging friendships and connections that will benefit your career for a lifetime at our legendary events. CLF alumni have served in distinguished positions at all levels of government including as chiefs of staff, MPs, MPPs and cabinet ministers. Joining CLF will bring you into contact more consistently, and with a much broader network of Conservatives than membership in any one political party.
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