OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole will field questions from party members today, a day after he gave a speech outlining what he sees as the path to victory come the next election. And he was blunt: it’s a path that doesn’t run through the existing grassroots. O’Toole made it clear his eye is on suburban voters…
O’Toole to Face Conservative Grassroots After Laying Out Elements of Election Plan
O’Toole Pledges Conservatives Would Restore One Million Jobs Within a Year If Elected
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole unveiled elements of his election pitch to Canadians Friday, seeking to ease his party’s jitters that they’re without an offering solid enough to woo voters away from the Trudeau Liberals. His marquee speech to the party’s policy convention contained what he billed as a “recovery plan” that would within one year…
Erin O’Toole Says a Conservative Government Wouldn’t Cut Foreign Aid
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole reversed his predecessor’s position on foreign aid spending Tuesday, saying that if elected, a Conservative government wouldn’t cut that budget. But he said he would look to mirror previous Conservative foreign aid programs that tied funds to specific, measurable outcomes. “I want to maintain and modernize and make more accountable our…
Tories, NDP Say More Support Needed for Sectors Hit Hard by Pandemic
OTTAWA—Opposition parties are pushing the federal Liberals for targeted COVID-19 relief for some badly hit sectors. The Conservatives advanced a motion Tuesday calling on the Liberals to implement supports for the hospitality, tourism and charity sectors decimated by the pandemic. “We cannot allow the pandemic to permanently kill these jobs,” Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said….
O’Toole Calls for Relocation of Beijing Olympics Due to China’s ‘Genocide’ of Uighurs
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is calling on the government to push for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China amid “genocide” against minority Uighurs. “I think Canadians would agree that it would violate fundamental ethical principles to participate in an Olympic Games hosted by a country that is committing a genocide against part…
Payette Shouldn’t Get Same Benefits as Other Ex Governors General: O’Toole
OTTAWA—The Conservatives and New Democrats demanded more details from the prime minister Monday on whether he guaranteed former governor general Julie Payette would receive the customary benefits afforded to those who’ve left the post. Payette resigned last week ahead of the release of a report concluding she oversaw a highly toxic work environment at Rideau…
Derek Sloan Says He’ll Sit as an Independent After Ousting From CPC
Derek Sloan says he will sit as an independent in the House of Commons after the Conservative Party caucus voted to oust him on Jan. 20. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said on Jan. 18 that he is going to remove Sloan from the party over a $131 donation from Paul Fromm to his leadership campaign,…
Tory MP Derek Sloan Says He’ll Oppose Attempts by Party Leadership to Oust Him
Tory MP Derek Sloan says he will fight attempts to expel him from the Conservative Party over a donation to his leadership campaign last year, which he says the party is also responsible for. “If I am guilty of something, they are guilty of something,” Sloan said in a Facebook video late Monday night. “I’m not…
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