Sloan’s ouster should have come earlier, say Conservative observers

'Since his election, Mr. Sloan has conducted a master class of bigotry and bullying,' says Conservative strategist Geoff Norquay, who served as a top aide to former prime minister Stephen Harper.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured at left in December 2020, has barred controversial MP Derek Sloan, pictured at right in October 2020, from running under the party banner in the next election. Mr. Sloan was later booted out of caucus and now sits as an Independent.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

January 25, 2021

The latest “outburst” involving Derek Sloan and his former Conservative Party likely came after the leader “read the riot act” to the now Independent MP, says one strategist, while another said that his ouster should have come sooner.

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