Election campaign call ‘critical’ for O’Toole to break through and bridge gap with Liberals following pandemic, say politicos

According to a July 16 Angus Reid poll, would-be voters put the parties most likely to end up forming government—the Liberals or the Conservatives—in a statistical tie, with the governing party under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just two points ahead of the Conservatives led by Erin O’Toole.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured at a press conference on June 1, 2021, in the West Block. Political strategist Tim Powers says the Conservative leader should probably be spending 85 per cent of his time in regions outside of Conservative strongholds, assuming the election is going to be called sometime around mid-August.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

July 21, 2021

With election speculation swirling and party leaders beginning to criss-cross the country, strategists and political observers say that although Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole may not have a lot of time left available to further endear himself to voters, an election call will wake Canadians up f...

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