Unfortunately the best candidate is not running for the CPC leadership - interim leader Rona Ambrose.

She has the experience in Parliament - with past Cabinet posts as Minister of Health, vice-chair of the Treasury Board cabinet committee, Minister of the Environment, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Western Economic Diversification, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Minister of Labour, Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, and Minister for Status of Women.  

No other candidate even comes close to that record of achievement.  And her feminism credentials far surpass those of Justin Trudeau.   Ambrose's community service included involvement with organizations working to end violence against women; including the Status of Women Action Group, the Victoria Sexual Assault and Sexual Abuse Crisis Centre, and the Edmonton Women’s Shelter. 

She is a libertarian and economic conservative - not tax and spend.