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applegrove

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Thu Feb 3, 2022, 05:06 PM Feb 2022

Two roads diverged before the Conservative Party -- and left Erin O'Toole stranded

Two roads diverged before the Conservative Party — and left Erin O'Toole stranded

The contradictions at the party's heart won't end with O'Toole's dismissal

Aaron Wherry · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2022 6:11 PM ET | Last Updated: February 2

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/erin-otoole-conservative-party-1.6337327

"SNIP......

After news broke that a few dozen MPs were ready to trigger a challenge to his leadership, Erin O'Toole summoned the spirit of Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken and told his fellow Conservatives that there were "two roads" available to the Conservative Party.

Down one road, he said, was a party that would be "angry, negative, and extreme." Down the other was a party of "inclusion, optimism, ideas and hope."

The irony is that O'Toole's turn as leader will be remembered for his attempts to take both roads. After advertising himself to Conservatives as someone who would take something like the first path, O'Toole then attempted to off-road it back to the second path for the general election.

But it was a bumpy ride. He blew a couple of tires and ended up stuck in the middle of nowhere.

......SNIP"

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