A Vote to say Good-Bye to Erin O’Toole

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In the Federal Election of 2021, the Conservative Party lost to the Liberal party to form a minority government. During O’Toole’s first few months as leader of the party, many problems arose: notably, his comments about residential schools to the Ryerson University students (soon to be renamed) who are a part of the Ryerson Conservatives club. These comments were then retracted after the Zoom meeting was released onto their Facebook group. Since the election, there have been many comments of O’Toole being voted out of the leader of the party, but to get a vote going, 20% of the caucus needs to sign on for the vote, which was finally given in January. The 20% vote allowed for real talks to begin and as of February 2nd, 2022, Erin O'Toole is no longer the party's leader. The fellow Conversertive MPs serving in Canada voted him out, with some even asking him to resign before the vote. O'Toole did want to stay on and was quoted by Toronto Star to allow for an earlier than normal leadership race if kept on. In a statement by  Edmonton Riverbend MP Matt Jeneroux, he says: 

 “As a party, we must rebuild trust amongst Canadians and show them that we are strong and stable leaders who are rooted in our conservative values while also understanding that we can evolve, learn, and modernize our party to reflect all.”

This is the second Federal Party to be having a leadership race later this year, following the federal Green Party.

Update:

Candice Bergen of Manitoba has been named interim party leader following O’Toole’s removal.