Current Events > Erin O'Toole OUT as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/otoole-leadership-vote-1.6336336

A majority of Conservative MPs today voted to remove Erin O'Toole as party leader, paving the way for another leadership race only 18 months after the party finished the last one.

The result wasn't particularly close: 73 of the 118 MPs on hand the party's caucus chair, Scott Reid, did not cast a ballot voted to replace O'Toole with someone else.

O'Toole, a four-term Ontario MP who has fought only one federal election campaign as the party's leader, will be replaced by an interim leader later today after another caucus vote.

New Brunswick MP John Williamson, who was a senior staffer in former prime minister Stephen Harper's office, immediately put his name forward for that interim role, promising to ensure the party elects a permanent leader in a "fair and efficient contest."

O'Toole, who represents the riding of Durham in suburban Toronto, faced a barrage of criticism from his colleagues for shifting the party's positions on carbon taxation, balanced budgets and "assault-style" firearms during the election campaign.

Anti-O'Toole MPs were also frustrated that the Ontario Tory ran as a "true blue" Conservative in the party's leadership race only to shift the party to the centre when in the top job. In the end, enough MPs decided it was grounds for his dismissal.

O'Toole's warning that a vote against him and his more moderate vision of Canadian conservatism would put the party on the wrong path failed to rally enough MPs to his side.

In a statement after the vote, Matt Jeneroux, an Edmonton-area MP who backed the movement to fire O'Toole, said the party needs a leader who "clearly reflects our values."

"We must rebuild trust amongst Canadians and show them that we are strong and stable leaders who are rooted in our values while also understanding that we can evolve, learn and modernize our party to reflect all," he said. "This is an opportunity for the party."

Social conservative and anti-abortion activists celebrated O'Toole's decisive defeat. O'Toole's efforts to drag the party to the centre on social issues the party suppressed debate on abortion during the last Conservative policy convention, for example alienated some Conservative ground troops.

"O'Toole has time and again betrayed the party's socially conservative base with his support for abortion, LGBT ideology, oppressive lockdowns, and liberty-destroying passports for abortion-tainted vaccines," said Jeff Gunnarson, the president of the Campaign Life Coalition. "It's about time this fake conservative was given the boot."

Conservative MP Eric Duncan, an O'Toole ally and caucus secretary to the party, thanked the outgoing leader for his service while urging members to "unite" and "focus on defeating the Liberals in the next election."

"Leadership races can be a uniting process. We can be united. We need to get on the same page and we need to move in the same direction and I'm very confident there's a strong willingness to do that," he said.

This development will force the party brass to immediately begin organizing a leadership race on a very tight timeline. An election could be called at any time in this minority Parliament.

The Reform Act, the federal legislation that empowers Conservative MPs to remove their leader, does not specify how the next permanent leader will be elected, leaving that decision to the party itself.

The party's national council will meet as soon as possible to start planning for that race, a spokesperson for the party said. The first step for the council is to appoint a leadership election organizing committee to plan this contest.

These shitfucks are literally destroying themselves to own the Libs

Wishy-washiest conservative leader of recent times, and that's saying a lot. Literally begged for his job by saying he would change his policies to that of what the party wants. Now to watch them decline into extremist pandering.

Canada still has a better system than we will ever have.

I'm actually shook that THAT many voted to boot him out

Like I thought he had more of a base of support in the party than that

Shadow20201 posted...

Wishy-washiest conservative leader of recent times, and that's saying a lot.

I'm still in awe that he managed to outdo Andrew Scheer

Shadow20201 posted...

Now to watch them decline into extremist pandering.

This is the insane part of it. They really think that's what people want.

Bio1590 posted...

"We must rebuild trust amongst Canadians and show them that we are strong and stable leaders who are rooted in our values while also understanding that we can evolve, learn and modernize our party to reflect all,"

So do you want to be conservative or do you want to modernize? Pick one.

Isn't "Erin" a girl's name?

Bio1590 posted...

Anti-O'Toole MPs were also frustrated that the Ontario Tory ran as a "true blue" Conservative in the party's leadership race only to shift the party to the centre when in the top job. In the end, enough MPs decided it was grounds for his dismissal.

Christ, he was considered centre of right? Holy fuck.

Sayoria posted...

Canada still has a better system than we will ever have.

By "we" I'll assume you mean Guatemala.

Solid Sonic posted...

By "we" I'll assume you mean Guatemala.

Nope, we as in the Divided States of America. This country sucks dick. So much dick.

Lmao

Justin Trudeau looking at another easy election win.

The fact that they consider him to be too center is a scary thing. They want to be the same as modern American Republicans.

Sayoria posted...

Nope, we as in the Divided States of America. This country sucks dick. So much dick.

But I like corporations and medical insurance.

And guns.

And fossil-fuel cars.

Those are serious.

If my parents named me Erin I would kick them in the privates and legally change my name Aaron... or Max, or maybe Axel.

Shadow20201 posted...

Now to watch them decline into extremist pandering.

That's where they're headed, yeah.

Candice Bergen is the new interim leader of the CPC. Yeah.

https://twitter.com/christoaivalis/status/1489053369704624128?t=DYHhIw8Le5q9B1xLxN6y3A&s=19

Alucard188 posted...

Candice Bergen is the new interim leader of the CPC. Yeah.

https://twitter.com/christoaivalis/status/1489053369704624128?t=DYHhIw8Le5q9B1xLxN6y3A&s=19

We can all see where this is going....

Alucard188 posted...

Candice Bergen is the new interim leader of the CPC. Yeah.

https://twitter.com/christoaivalis/status/1489053369704624128?t=DYHhIw8Le5q9B1xLxN6y3A&s=19

Hmmmmm

I remember right after they chose O!Toole, Global was saying he ran for leader as the kind of conservative the party will elect and now would pivot to the kind of conservative Canadians would elect (which of course he tried to do). I remember thinking the conservatives somehow dont know this? And also dont realize how out of touch this makes them? Turns out that, no they somehow didnt know he would when everyone else did and somehow dont know how out of touch they are.

Reminder that the Tories won the popular vote the past two elections in spite of themselves.

how long till the Conservatives split into two parties?

rodu_jr posted...

how long till the Conservatives split into two parties?

Pretty quick I would hope.

rodu_jr posted...

how long till the Conservatives split into two parties?

Again.

For nonCanadians reading this topic, the Conservative Party was formed when the Progressive Conservative Party and the Reform Party (who originally split off from the PCs) merged. So the PCs split, realized they split the vote too much, remerged, and might split again.

They should just take the extremists and put them in the PPC. They can fight for three seats while the moderate Conservatives, the Liberals, and the NDP take the rest of them.

Stagmar posted...

Again.

For nonCanadians reading this topic, the Conservative Party was formed when the Progressive Conservative Party and the Reform Party (who originally split off from the PCs) merged. So the PCs split, realized they split the vote too much, remerged, and might split again.

Where does the PPC actually stand on issues?

Ruvan22 posted...

Where does the PPC actually stand on issues?

With the white nationalists.

Trudeau stalling on voting reform -_-

MedeaLysistrata posted...

Trudeau stalling on voting reform -_-

There was no consensus on the issue tbh

As undesirable as FPTP is I'd rather that then one party making a unilateral decision on a new voting system that two thirds of the country doesn't like

Yeah... I mean it's hard to know who to vote for. I don't understand the point of high taxes if I don't pay high taxes.

Thank God for sales tax, I guess

Wedge Antilles posted...

The fact that they consider him to be too center is a scary thing. They want to be the same as modern American Republicans.

Yea. I swear to fucking God these dipshit fucks in 'Berta are convincing the rest of Canada that the only way way to be right is to be alt-right.

I don't understand why some idiots want to turn this country into Murica

Stewman_Magoo posted...

I don't understand why some idiots want to turn this country into Murica

Because our mighty American overlords are doing so well for themselves.

IfGodCouldDie posted...

Yea. I swear to fucking God these dipshit fucks in 'Berta are convincing the rest of Canada that the only way way to be right is to be alt-right.

They aren't convincing any moderate Canadians. Majority of Canadians oppose the alt-right.

StarDestroyer posted...

They aren't convincing any moderate Canadians. Majority of Canadians oppose the alt-right.

I sincerely hope so.