A new O’Toole for the main event

There is an explanation for Erin O’Toole’s ideological versatility: politics, like the Olympics, is comprised of many events.

After campaigning for the party leadership as a 'true blue' conservative, Tory Leader Erin O'Toole is promising to make the party more welcoming to non-traditional conservatives. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

August 31, 2020

HALIFAX—Has anyone else noticed that counting votes has suddenly become more complex than quantum mechanics? The species can land a spacecraft on Mars, but is dumbfounded by counting 175,000 votes at a leadership convention. For seven, miserable hours, the CPC gaslighted Canadians with a pathetic...

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