O'Toole is trying to balance supporters who see mandatory vaccinations as curbing freedoms with his own message about the importance of getting vaccinated.Īfter trying to catch O'Toole out on the issue of mandatory vaccines, the Liberals went back to the wedge issue of abortion, pointing to a plank in the Conservative platform that would allow health care providers freedom of conscience regarding medical procedures they don't morally agree with. The Liberals and NDP hope to make this a wedge issue by saying all of their candidates are, and they also promised that all federal workers and travellers on planes and trains will have to be vaccinated. On day one, O'Toole did have issues answering why he wasn't requiring his candidates to be vaccinated.
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The fact that we defied the pundits, we defied the pollsters and won a PC majority, people are energized to replicate those gains in Nova Scotia to an Erin O'Toole majority government across Canada."īut O'Toole's campaign hasn't been without hurdles. "People are excited, they are energized, they really want to build on the momentum shown on Tuesday night. "Wow, it's hard to put the joy into words," said Rob Batherson, president of the Conservative Party of Canada's National Council and National Councillor for Nova Scotia. But the plan backfired. The Iain Rankin-led Liberals became the first sitting government in Canada not to be re-elected during the pandemic.
Nova Scotia Votes Progressive Conservatives surge to surprise majority win in Nova Scotia electionĮarlier this summer, the Nova Scotia Liberals sent voters to the polls, hoping to be returned to power with a stronger mandate - as had happened in other recent provincial elections. But we know we've got a lot of work to keep doing, getting Erin's name, face our message, our plan out to people around the country and here in Manitoba," said Candice Bergen, Conservative candidate for Portage–Lisgar (Manitoba) Looking casual while standing in a pose with arms crossed, many compared the image to the kind seen on the front of Men's Health magazine. It also showed a different side of the leader - a cover for the document for which O'Toole, who upped his fitness training in the months leading up to the campaign, ditched the stuffy suit in favour of a T-shirt and jeans.
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On the second day of the campaign, he launched the full Tory platform - called the "Recovery Plan for Canada" - so voters can see what an Erin O'Toole-led government would look like. O'Toole has been Conservative leader for less than a year, and he's still relatively unknown to many Canadians. Use Vote Compass to compare the party platforms with your views.Find out who's ahead in the latest polls with our Poll Tracker.Have an election question for CBC News? Email.Some believe the Liberals underestimated O'Toole when they called this snap summer election - and that they won't have the cakewalk they may have expected. Senior campaign officials say they've had a good week - and that the Liberals have not. In a quest to move from Official Opposition to government, the Conservatives are flying high over what they believe to be a smooth, strong start to their campaign.
"I can't verify this, but we've been told it broke down already," O'Toole joked with his campaign team. During Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's first week, his campaign plane touched down at the Winnipeg airport, parking right next to the aircraft carrying his chief rival: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
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