Heard On The Hill

Tories jet off to fight Liberals in Star Wars spoof, Hann says more to come

Ottawa municipal elections are happening this fall and a few Hill folks are running, National Post's John Ivison and Liberal MP Nick Whalen are organizing another soccer match, and the GG is not living at Rideau Hall.

Conservative MP Erin O'Toole wields a lightsaber on the Hill as he prepares to board a spacecraft to fight off an approaching Liberal battle station. The clip is from a spoof ad created by the Conservative Party on May 4, or Star Wars Day. Screenshot of YouTube video

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

May 9, 2018

In a galaxy far, far away (actually, it was just on Parliament Hill) Conservative MP Erin O’Toole was spotted with a lightsaber in hand ready to board a spacecraft that would take him to fight off the Liberals in an approaching space battle station. The 33-second ad, published on...

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