Conservative Party

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole should show leadership on mandatory vaccinations and show any of his unvaccinated MPs the door, says former prime minister and Conservative leader Brian Mulroney.

Mulroney said that if he was the leader today, he would require all of his MPs to roll up their sleeves and receive the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it a “no-brainer.”

Knives are out it seems. O’Toole is just fine as leader of the newly scrubbed notreallyconservative party.  They should leave him in place. Attempting to pretend the CPC are “born again conservatives” by ousting O’Toole just won’t play any longer.

O’Toole bet the farm on leading the election by claiming he could capture the squishy middle. He failed and should be replaced. Here is my baker’s dozen reasons why…

Most of these reasons have been expressed by myself and or readers on this blog. What I found peculiar is that “mass immigration” is not among them. Until I got to the author’s details –Jocelyn Bamford is a Toronto business executive and President of the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada.

OTTAWA – After first saying that he “will respect” the House of Commons’ internal management committee ruling that MPs need to be fully vaccinated to enter Parliament on Wednesday, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole now insists that the decision “infringes” on members’ rights.

OTTAWA — The former MP leading the review into the Conservatives’ election performance says it will examine how Tories lost votes to Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada.

… Following the Sept. 20 election, University of Calgary economics professor Trevor Tombe shared an analysis showing 25 seats where together, the Conservative and PPC vote was greater than the winner’s share.

Cumming said his analysis will look at the how other parties performed, particularly in ridings where Conservatives were locked in a tight race.

Leftward Ho!

The national council of the Conservative Party has suspended elected Ontario councillor Bert Chen for two months for launching the petition to recall Erin O’Toole as party leader.

“Following complaints by grassroots members of the Conservative Party of Canada about the conduct of national councillor Bert Chen, national council exercised its authority under Article 8.13 of the party’s constitution to suspend Mr. Chen from national council for up to 60 days,” said Conservative Party president Robert Batherson in an emailed statement to The Hill Times.

Perhaps it’s time for the Conservative party to part ways with Alberta. Sit down on the couch, engage in a frank discussion about the relationship, and agree that it’s no longer working out the way both parties had hoped. While they enjoyed many happy years as partners, the sad fact is that their interests have evolved in such a way that neither is getting the satisfaction they once did.

The Conservative Party’s infighting and ascendent rivals in the People’s Party and Maverick Party could be seen as a repeat of the 1990s when the Liberals ruled Canada over a divided political right. But some political scientists say there are additional factors that over time will influence the outcome this time around.

I don’t see the CPC abandoning its leftward course and they really should consider dropping conservative from the party name. The PPC is not a rival to the CPC, the LPC is.

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Chong says the party is still studying the government’s new mandatory vaccine policy before taking a position on the issue.

In an interview on CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Chong said the measure, announced last week, which requires “core” federal public servants to attest to being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 29, is vast and requires thorough review.

The defeated Conservative MP now tasked with determining where his party’s federal election campaign went wrong says he intends to “hit the ground running” within the week — and his work will include a review of leader Erin O’Toole’s campaign performance.

“I’ve already reached out to people within the party, outside the party. I’ve already started to arrange some interviews for next week and I intend to start travelling within the next couple of weeks,” James Cumming told CBC’s The House this week.

No question, the sphincter relaxant was the campaign’s salvation.

Erin O’Toole will reliably renounce, walk back, toss under a bus any policy or person as deemed necessary. That’s consistency you can count on.

OTTAWA — At least for now, Erin O’Toole’s leadership of the Conservatives appears safe, despite the party’s election loss and the grumbling from some MPs that he’s taken the party too far to the left.

But at their first post-election caucus meeting on Tuesday, the 119 Conservative MPs did vote to give themselves the power to conduct their own review of O’Toole’s leadership if enough MPs request it — a power they had declined after the last two elections.

Sphincter relaxant saved the day again!

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole will meet with his caucus on Tuesday for the first time since the party’s election loss — and with his future as leader under question.

O’Toole’s stance on sphincter relaxant should secure his tenure. It’s Left Ward Ho for the CPC!

This is a big week for Erin O’Toole, and how he handles it will determine the future of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC).

At noon on Tuesday, O’Toole’s top campaign advisors will give a presentation at a private conservative club in Toronto. The event is billed as a “post-election debrief,” where “campaign insiders… share their insights on the campaign and where the party goes from here.”

They will keep left reasoning more votes will be gained in eastern urban ridings than they lose in safe party strongholds.