Women have spurned Conservatives during COVID; party must put appeal to them ‘in the front window,’ say politicos

The Conservative Party is losing the battle for women voters—badly, according to some polls. The party can do better, and Erin O'Toole is trying to drag it in the right direction, say a Conservative MP and strategist.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is urging his party to change. It will have to if it wants to cut down a significant Liberal lead among Canadian women in opinion polls.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

March 29, 2021

The Conservative Party trails the Liberal Party by a significant margin among women voters in what is widely expected to be an election year, and Leader Erin O'Toole will need help in order to win enough of them back in time, say Conservatives and pollsters.

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