{"id":340211,"date":"2021-09-16T19:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T16:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/erin-otoole-not-today-jason-kenney-not-today\/"},"modified":"2021-09-16T19:04:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T16:04:42","slug":"erin-otoole-not-today-jason-kenney-not-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/erin-otoole-not-today-jason-kenney-not-today\/","title":{"rendered":"#Erin O’Toole: Not today Jason Kenney, not today"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Erin O’Toole: Not today Jason Kenney, not today<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n SATIRE: Reimagining the Conservative leader’s recent press conference\u2014and the dogged effort to get him to utter two simple words\n <\/div>\n
\n New Brunswick. Four days before the federal election. Erin O\u2019Toole is trying to make an announcement about securing the future. His hopes are dashed. Nobody wants to talk about securing futures. Nobody wants to talk about New Brunswick. They only want to talk about the premier of Alberta, who has announced new lockdown and vaccine passport measures to curb a mounting disaster in the province.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole stares into the camera, steeled to push ahead. Jason Kenney won\u2019t take this day away from him. No. The words \u201cAlberta\u201d and \u201cJason\u201d and \u201cKenney\u201d will not come out of his mouth. Not today. Not when he\u2019s this close to securing the future. Nothing will stop him now.<\/p>\n

This is roughly how the press conference ensues:<\/p>\n

Reporter: Any response to Jason Kenney\u2019s announcement and how he\u2019s done with the pandemic?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: Justin Trudeau did a very bad job with the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Reporter: Sure, so, in contrast, you said the other day that Kenney had done a very good job. But even Kenney now disagrees with that. Do you stand by your statement?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: Here\u2019s what I stand by. I stand by Canadians. I\u2019ve always stood by Canadians. Liberals don\u2019t do that. They just call expensive elections.<\/p>\n

Reporter: But what you said the other day\u2026<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: My answer is clear. I\u2019d stand by Canadians. Trudeau is bad. Provinces are good. New Brunswick, by the way, is a province.<\/p>\n

Reporter: Who handled the pandemic better? Justin Trudeau or Jason Kenney?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: I\u2019ll tell you who didn\u2019t handle it well. And that\u2019s Trudeau. He handled it badly.<\/p>\n

Reporter: Did Kenney handle it badly?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: I\u2019ll tell you one thing. Trudeau is spending $600 million on an election.<\/p>\n

Reporter: But, like, between the two of them?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: I would respect, and work with, every single province. Such as New Brunswick. New Brunswick is the province I am in today.<\/p>\n

Reporter: Alberta and the Delta variant\u2014thoughts?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: If I were Prime Minister, I would work with the provinces. If I were Prime Minister, the Delta variant wouldn\u2019t even be here.<\/p>\n

Reporter: \u2026Okay, what would you have done differently to keep the Delta variant out of the country?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: I\u2019d have stopped the flights. And guess what. I\u2019d have worked with the provinces.<\/p>\n

Reporter: But back to Jason Kenney\u2026<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: Trudeau won\u2019t work with every single province like I will. I\u2019ll be a wingman for every single one.\u00a0A wingman, that\u2019s me. Did I mention I was in the air force?<\/p>\n

Reporter: Jason Kenney. Ja-son Ken-ney. Is this mic on?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: Did I mention the $600 million? So many taxpayer dollars\u2014600 million of them! You could, you know, work with the provinces using that kind of money! Provinces like New Brunswick!<\/p>\n

Reporter: If I ask you about Alberta one more time, are you really going to stand there and tell me, yet again, that you\u2019re going to work with the provinces? Is that really what you\u2019re going to say? Is that\u2014can you even hear me?<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole: Here\u2019s one thing you can take right to the bank. I\u2019ll work with the provinces. You can bet your hard-earned taxpayer money on that.
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