The Conservatives’ post- election inquiry and the future of Canada’s politics

Will O’Toole hang on and keep trying to sell a moderate-sounding package designed to break through his party’s 34 per cent ceiling with a wider coalition, or is the party about to go in the other direction?

How the Conservatives assess the 2021 campaign, their leader, and their raison d’être in the months ahead will have particular significance at a time when right-wing zealots of every variety are testing the boundaries of traditional democratic activity across the western world, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

October 13, 2021

OTTAWA—Had the Conservatives won the election, what would Canadians be expecting now? People who should know say Erin O’Toole is indeed a centrist, and, despite winning the leadership by appealing to the Conservatives’ solidly right and social conservative factions, he was unshakable in his v...

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