Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole maintains the party will have to moderate if it wants to win a majority government in the next general election, and he 'disagrees' with his caucus colleagues who say otherwise.
Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole maintains the party will have to moderate if it wants to win a majority government in the next general election, and he "disagrees" with his caucus colleagues who say otherwise.
O'Toole told Kapelos he still believes the party will have to moderate and "be willing to govern for the whole country," to win the next election, despite the Conservative caucus members who say otherwise. "Now the job of the new leader is to make sure that those people feel heard," he said. "But as I've said many times, we still need to win more seats in Toronto and Vancouver, and they're going to want to hear Conservative ideas on everything from the environment, to rights, to other things.
I put out ideas that I care deeply about, from mental health, to veterans, to the Arctic, to Canada's role in the world. I think those will continue to ripple, but it's time our new leader has the chance to lead without the old leader kind of hanging around. I think it's a perfect time and I'm very optimistic for the future in the job I'm having in the private sector. It's perfect for me and the family." "Absolutely.
Kapelos: Do you think there is a possibility for success in that through the team around Mr. Poilievre? I ask because whenever I speak to any of them, they actually kind of rebuke your approach, the more moderate approach you took during the election versus what you did during the leadership race. And they rebuked the idea that they have to moderate at all in order to win those seats, which you point out are necessary to form a majority government. "I disagree with them.
Kapelos: What evidence do you have that the leader of your party, that Mr. Poilievre, is trying to thread that needle at all? "I think on reconciliation with Indigenous groups and First Nations is something that Pierre is doing well in terms of saying, 'hey, let's make sure that First Nation communities benefit from resource development.
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