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 in big cities, disenchanted union members, federalist Quebecers, equity−seeking groups and others who’ve previously given the Tories the cold shoulder. Those groups, O’Toole said, won’t ever trust the party unless things change. “They are waiting for us at those crossroads to show up, to say we have learned, to prove we have grown,” he told delegates to the party’s virtual convention on Friday night. “To show that we have the courage to lead this country along the right path to a Canada that is stronger than ever.” Card−carrying Tories, including MPs, had hoped to see …
O’Toole to Face Conservative Grassroots After Laying Out Elements of Election Plan
March 20, 2021
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