Despite Kenney's encouragement, John Baird will not run for Conservative leadership

John Baird, a former colleague of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, announced Thursday he will not be putting his name forward to assume leadership of the Conservative Party. Baird, who served as former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's foreign affairs minister from 2011 to 2015, put the speculation over whether or not he would run to rest in a series of tweets.I am incredibly grateful for all the support that Conservatives from across this great country have offered in the past few weeks. Still, I wa