A vote for the People's Party is like a vote for the Liberals, O'Toole says
CBC
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said today that conservative-minded voters sick of the Liberal government should park their votes with the Tories rather than turn to the People's Party of Canada (PPC) in this election.
Speaking to reporters at a campaign stop in London, Ont., O'Toole said his party is the only one in a position to replace the Liberal government and a right-wing vote split could lead to four more years of Justin Trudeau.
"There are actually millions of Canadians who are very frustrated with Mr. Trudeau. If they allow that frustration to do anything other than vote Conservative, they're voting for Mr. Trudeau," O'Toole said.
"There are five parties and there are two choices. More of the same with Mr. Trudeau or real change and ethical government with Canada's Conservatives."
O'Toole said Trudeau wants Conservative voters to "vote for smaller parties" rather than unify behind O'Toole's candidacy.
"If Justin Trudeau is rewarded for calling a $600 million election in the middle of a pandemic, everything you've come to dislike about Mr. Trudeau — the lectures, the division in this country, the hypocrisy, the rising prices — they will all only get worse," he said. "There is a lot a stake."
It's the first time O'Toole has publicly acknowledged what some Conservatives on the ground have been saying for weeks: the People's Party could play spoiler in this election.
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