Category: Erin O’Toole

Trudeau Condemns ‘Angry Mob’ for Throwing Gravel at Campaign Rally

September 7, 2021
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau condemned “angry mobs” after being hit with a handful of gravel while campaigning in London, Ontario on Labour Day. Trudeau was boarding his campaign bus to leave the event when he was surrounded by protesters yelling insults. Gravel and debris were thrown at the party leader, while the RCMP security detail…

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Trudeau Defends Freeland’s O’Toole Video After Twitter Labels it ‘Manipulated Media’

August 23, 2021
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is defending a video posted by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland that took aim at Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole’s position on universal health care, after it was flagged by Twitter as “manipulated media.” In a campaign stop on Monday, Trudeau defended the video, which accuses O’Toole of “considering privatizing the health…

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O’Toole Warns Canadians Not Safe in China After Court Upholds Death Sentence

August 10, 2021
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OTTAWA—Federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole accused Beijing of using the death penalty for political purposes on Tuesday after a Chinese court upheld the sentence of a Canadian sentenced to death in a drug case. O’Toole also reopened the door to a Canadian boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in China, warning the Chinese government’s recent…

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O’Toole Wants Trudeau to Stand up to China at G7, Push Relocation of Beijing Olympics

June 4, 2021
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OTTAWA—Canada’s Official Opposition wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to use his time at the G7 Leaders’ Summit to take a stand against China and call for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved from Beijing. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole sent the letter today as Trudeau is set to convene with other world leaders in the…

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Tories Demand More Info on Investigation Into General Overseeing Vaccine Campaign

May 17, 2021
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OTTAWA—Federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is blasting the Liberal government for not providing Canadians with more information about why the general overseeing Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been forced to step aside. The Department of National Defence issued a terse three-line statement on Friday evening announcing that Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin was leaving his role because…

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O’Toole’s Flip-Flop on Carbon Tax a Strategic Blunder of Epic Proportions

April 19, 2021
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Commentary Try as I might, I just can’t find a single positive aspect of Erin O’Toole’s bizarre flip-flop in embracing a carbon tax policy after almost a year of vociferously opposing Canada’s current carbon tax. O’Toole had already been making his core supporters uncomfortable with his policy shifts to the left in recent months. In…

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Trudeau, O’Toole, Demand Accountability as Iranian Officials Indicted for PS752 Crash

April 6, 2021
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OTTAWA—Ten officials have been indicted in Iran over the 2020 military shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed 176 people, but the move did nothing to quell Canadian demands for accountability Tuesday. More than 100 of the 176 victims—at least one of whom was pregnant—had ties to Canada, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30…

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Canada Should Be Ready to Weather Any Export Issues to Deal With China: O’Toole

March 29, 2021
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WINNIPEG—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says Canada has to work closely with its allies to counterbalance China’s actions while recognizing that could mean risks to Canadian exports. O’Toole was speaking to Winnipeg’s business community at a virtual event hosted by the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. The Opposition leader was asked about his stance on Canada’s relationship…

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Keeping Conservatives Engaged Under the Big Tent

March 23, 2021
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Commentary If polls are to be believed, the Liberal Party continues to poll stronger than the rival Conservatives. But as the pandemic situation shifts, there may be a reckoning of the political landscape. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole acknowledged as much in his speech at the party’s recent policy convention, where he prescribed change and unity…

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