OTTAWA–Erin O’Toole is preaching unity as his detractors within the Conservative Party of Canada whisper division.
Sources close to O’Toole say they are unconcerned with the spate of negative headlines and rabble rousing within the ranks as he heads into his first policy convention as leader this weekend.
Nevertheless, there is an acknowledgment among O’Toole’s inner circle that the call is coming from inside the house — that elements within their own party are seeking to undermine the new leader, even as the possibility of an election looms.
“If we were five or 10 points ahead in the polls, you wouldn’t be hearing any of it,” a senior Conservative source told the Star in an interview Wednesday.
The party has chosen to leave a great many former supporters behind. I’d vote for them even if I knew they’d lose assuming they at least tried to be conservative.
