Article contentAs Erin O’Toole takes stock of his first 100 days as Conservative leader, he is clear about one thing: It would not be “appropriate” to have an election in the middle of a health and economic crisis. Try refreshing your browser, or John Ivison: O’Toole is doing all any opposition leader can do under these circumstances — prepare and wait Back to videoThere are good reasons for the Conservative leader not charging his cavalry toward the guns. If an election campaign kicked off tomorrow, the Liberals would enter it in better shape than they did in 2019, with a net positive approval rating. Meanwhile, O’Toole has failed to dent Justin Trudeau’s personal appeal. The Opposition leader landed in hot water this week when comments he made about the residential school system surfaced that seemed to suggest he believes the schools were designed to provide education, rather than assimilate Indigenous youth.

Source: National Post December 17, 2020 22:18 UTC