O’Toole failed to bring many Liberals to the Conservative side while alienating many Conservative voters who then either stayed home or voted for the PPC. O’Toole had even said before and during the election that he did not want people to support the Conservative Party if they disagreed with him on certain issues surrounding social policy and public health mandates. Not much of a mystery why some chose not to vote for the CPC this election.
The vote projections are indicating another Liberal minority government with a reduction in seats due to gains from the Conservatives and the NDP, and the Bloc Québécois being able to hold their ground.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney along with Health Minister Tyler Shandro, and Chief Medical Officer Deena Hinshaw in a press conference on Wednesday evening suddenly reversed course on their “open for good” strategy for COVID-19 and suddenly plunged the province into new “health emergency” restrictions.
The leader of the People’s Party of Canada Maxime Bernier may be the only candidate for the party that has a solid shot at winning a seat during the 2021 snap election, but that doesn’t mean the PPC isn’t having a permanent effect on Canadian politics.
After watching the only English debate it was clear that the only party leader who can truly be declared the winner is the People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, despite not even participating.
Members of the media are expected to ask questions of the party leaders, and maybe even get a few good questions off, but rarely pose any questions that could damage the leader if they attempt to answer the question even somewhat truthfully.
Just today Cochrane-Airdrie MLA Peter Guthrie sent out a letter to his constituents apologizing for the UCP government putting back in place the restrictions despite previously having said that “Alberta was not only ‘Open for Summer’ but ‘Open for Good.”
In spite of the lead, Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole has been jumping from foot to foot over the past week when it comes to the issue of firearms.
Kenney himself admitted back in April of 2020 that AHS could expand ICU capacity to over 1,000+ beds in the province, which raises the question of why that was not already done at least partially a long time ago?
After more than two weeks of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party not having a platform, despite being the party that called the election, they have finally released it and their vaccine mandate policy has gotten more radical than Trudeau’s public statements had been indicating.
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