There's a big difference between wanting vaccine passports and just wanting your candidates not to say anything that the media can spin to mean the CPC are an anti-vax party.
Does the media paint Ford as antivaxxer because he is against vaccine passports?
Does the media paint Kenney as antivaxxer because he is against vaccine passports?
No.
O'Toole threw this Yukon MP out of the party because he would do the same as Trudeau. Introduce vaccine passports where he can. And he doesn't want to deal with any opposition from his own party.
Does the media paint Ford as antivaxxer because he is against vaccine passports?
They will if an election campaign starts while that issue is still relevant.
More importantly though, most Canadians support that insanity., so it's a losing strategy to publicly oppose it. Candidates need to STFU about issues that the party is vulnerable on. Win the election first, and then you can do whatever you want.
O'Toole threw this Yukon MP out of the party because he would do the same as Trudeau.
Wait, has the party even said why they threw him out? Or are we just taking the candidate's (and Rebel News') word for everything?
They will if an election campaign starts while that issue is still relevant.
If it's such an election issue Ford and Kenney alone will be enough to paint the whole Conservative party as antivaxx then.
Wait, has the party even said why they threw him out?
Dude, it's been 24 hours since this news broke. Do you see any denial from O'Toole or the CPC? Are they so incompetent to even release a statement if that wasn't the truth?
And now ask yourself, did this move by O'Toole help win votes or did it hurt by eroding his voter base even more? This electoral district would have been one of the easiest pickups. Jonas Smith lost by 150 votes last time and the Liberal candidate isn't running for the next election. He would have the name recognition on his side. Now the CPC will have to find a new candidate for this district a month away from the election. Are the chances that the CPC will flip this district now higher or lower Ham?
So O'Foole is going to clash with Kenney and Ford, two CONSERVATIVE Premiers who ruled out vaccine passports?
When did O'Toole say he wanted vaccine passports?
There's a big difference between wanting vaccine passports and just wanting your candidates not to say anything that the media can spin to mean the CPC are an anti-vax party.
Does the media paint Ford as antivaxxer because he is against vaccine passports?
Does the media paint Kenney as antivaxxer because he is against vaccine passports?
No.
O'Toole threw this Yukon MP out of the party because he would do the same as Trudeau. Introduce vaccine passports where he can. And he doesn't want to deal with any opposition from his own party.
They will if an election campaign starts while that issue is still relevant. More importantly though, most Canadians support that insanity., so it's a losing strategy to publicly oppose it. Candidates need to STFU about issues that the party is vulnerable on. Win the election first, and then you can do whatever you want.
Wait, has the party even said why they threw him out? Or are we just taking the candidate's (and Rebel News') word for everything?
If it's such an election issue Ford and Kenney alone will be enough to paint the whole Conservative party as antivaxx then.
Dude, it's been 24 hours since this news broke. Do you see any denial from O'Toole or the CPC? Are they so incompetent to even release a statement if that wasn't the truth?
And now ask yourself, did this move by O'Toole help win votes or did it hurt by eroding his voter base even more? This electoral district would have been one of the easiest pickups. Jonas Smith lost by 150 votes last time and the Liberal candidate isn't running for the next election. He would have the name recognition on his side. Now the CPC will have to find a new candidate for this district a month away from the election. Are the chances that the CPC will flip this district now higher or lower Ham?