O’Toole’s flawed strategy was destined to fail

Erin O’Toole was not only battling the Liberals and the NDP in this election, he was also fighting his own party’s past, implicitly demonizing its former leaders as out of touch dinosaurs.
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured with his wife Rebecca, and their children Mollie and Jack, in Oshawa, in the wee hours of the morning on Sept. 21, 2021, after the election results were announced late on Sept. 20.
OAKVILLE, ONT.—There’s a commandment in the pundit’s playbook that says: “Thou Shalt Always Second Guess Political Party Strategists.” So, who am I, as a self-respecting pundit, to defy the rules? Indeed, armed as I am with the miraculous power of hindsight, I’m almost compelled at thi...

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