Conservative call for ethics probes ‘entirely to script,’ making character a ballot box question, say strategists

Strategists and pollsters say they expected the focus to shift to the issue of a leader’s character at this point in the campaign calendar.
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, left, and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. At a campaign stop earlier this week, Mr. O'Toole said the SNC-Lavalin scandal 'shredded Mr. Trudeau’s reputation as a feminist, as a proponent of reconciliation, and as someone we can trust to know the difference between right and wrong.'
In the final week of Canada's snap election campaign, the Conservatives have issued a number of public calls for federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion to investigate various members of the Liberal team—including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and national Liberal campaign co-chair Mélanie Joly—...

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