OTTAWA—Conservative Sen. Denise Batters is back in the party’s national caucus one week after the leader who kicked her out was himself dumped. Batters appeared alongside MPs who gathered today in Ottawa for the first time since they voted to replace Erin O’Toole as the party’s leader. She was shown the door last November after…

OTTAWA—Conservative Sen. Denise Batters has been excluded from all Senate committees after challenging Erin O’Toole’s leadership. O’Toole booted the Saskatchewan senator out of the Conservative national caucus last month after she launched a petition aimed at forcing a referendum on his leadership within six months−rather than wait for a scheduled confidence vote at the party’s…

Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole has removed Sen. Denise Batters from the national caucus, after she launched a petition criticizing O’Toole and asking for a party leadership review “As the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, I will not tolerate an individual discrediting and showing a clear lack of respect towards the efforts of…