{"id":399707,"date":"2022-01-26T20:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-grassroots-action-against-erin-otooles-leadership-has-begun\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T20:15:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:15:09","slug":"the-grassroots-action-against-erin-otooles-leadership-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-grassroots-action-against-erin-otooles-leadership-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"#The grassroots action against Erin O’Toole’s leadership has begun"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The grassroots action against Erin O’Toole’s leadership has begun<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Politics Insider for Jan. 26: Pierre Poilievre is poised to take over from O’Toole; Ottawa stands it ground on vaccine mandates for truckers; an MP pushes the government to improve its global vaccination efforts\n <\/div>\n
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EDA seeks review:<\/strong>\u00a0The CPC riding association in the southern Alberta riding of Foothills has become the first in the country<\/strong> to formally petition the party for a leadership review for Erin O\u2019Toole<\/strong>,\u00a0 Global reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The decision by the Foothills electoral district association (EDA) represents another Western-based challenge to Erin O\u2019Toole\u2019s leadership, after Saskatchewan Sen. Denise Batters<\/strong>\u2019 petition demanding an accelerated leadership review was blocked by the party\u2019s governing council. The Foothills EDA passed a motion on Jan. 22 calling for a leadership review vote no later than June 15 to \u201censure a united and strong Conservative Party of Canada in preparation for an imminent election.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Poilievre to the rescue?<\/strong> In the Globe<\/em>, Gary Mason<\/strong> writes that<\/a> O\u2019Toole\u2019s days are numbered, and suggests Pierre Poilievre<\/strong> app<\/a>ears poised to take over.<\/p>\n

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After an earlier tweet of Mr. Poilievre\u2019s denouncing \u201cvaccine vendettas,\u201d Conservative MP Mark Strahl<\/strong> said on Twitter<\/a>: \u201cThank you @PierrePoilievre for your clear and decisive leadership.\u201d Conservative MPs aren\u2019t even disguising their disdain for Mr. O\u2019Toole now. Meantime, a new Nanos poll conducted for The Globe and Mail<\/em> shows Mr. Poilievre has significantly more support<\/strong> among Canadians than Mr. O\u2019Toole, a survey that is bound to cast a long shadow over the CPC\u2019s retreat. It also says Canadians are five times more likely to say Mr. O\u2019Toole has done a poor job as leader than an excellent one. Not good.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Won\u2019t back down:\u00a0<\/strong>The federal government says it will not back down<\/strong> on its vaccination rule for cross-border truckers despite a convoy headed to the city to protest, CBC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra<\/strong> said Tuesday the government is not interested in alternatives like rapid testing for unvaccinated truckers: \u201cOur plan is to defeat COVID and end the pandemic as quickly as possible. What we\u2019re doing right now is for the protection of truck drivers but also for the protection of our supply chains and our economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Extremists on the road:<\/strong> Some Canadian far-right groups hope the so-called \u201cFreedom Convoy\u201d will be Canada\u2019s version of last year\u2019s Jan. 6 riot in Washington, Global reports<\/a>. \u201cA review of the protesters\u2019 online communications, including real-time chatter over walkie-talkie app Zello, suggest a collection of grievances and anti-government sentiment<\/strong> that extends beyond vaccine mandates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maclean\u2019s contributor Justin Ling looks at the group\u2019s MoU in this Twitter thread<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I’m not sure that we’re adequately paying attention to the fact that “Canada Unity,” which is *the* organizing body for the trucker convoy, is essentially calling for the removal of the Canadian government. (More below)<\/p>\n

\u2014 Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) January 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Won\u2019t be tolerated:<\/strong> A key convoy organizer said on Facebook that acts of violence or vandalism\u00a0won\u2019t be tolerated<\/strong>: \u201cIf you see participants along the way that are misbehaving, acting aggressively in any way or inciting any type of violence or hatred, please take down the truck number and their licence plate number so that we can forward that to the police,\u201d Tamara Lich<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n

Against O\u2019Toole:<\/strong> Lich also called, on Twitter<\/a>, for the Tories to get rid of their leader, who has dodged questions about whether he will meet with the group.<\/p>\n

Alarm bells:<\/strong> Justin Trudeau<\/strong> is seeking to exploit the convoy for political reasons, writes<\/a> Brian Lilley<\/strong> in the Toronto Sun<\/em>, but mainstream business organizations are legitimately concerned about a policy that will strain supply chains.<\/p>\n

The people sounding the alarm bells and asking the government to reconsider its position \u2014 in order to put very practical considerations ahead of dogma \u2014 aren\u2019t radicals; they\u2019re far from it. They are the moderate voice of our largest business organizations that have worked alongside the government throughout the pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Radical Tories:<\/strong> Conservatives \u201cappear to\u00a0be dug in hard\u201d to anti-mandate rhetoric, CBC\u2019s Aaron Wherry<\/strong> notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even if\u00a0the vaccine mandate for cross-border transport ends up contributing to those problems, Poilievre\u2019s simplistic summation can just as easily be turned around. If the shelves are full, thank a vaccinated trucker. If the shelves are empty, thank an unvaccinated trucker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Extreme tweet:<\/strong>\u00a0Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino<\/strong> said Tuesday that Twitter should remove a tweet from Independent Ontario MPP Randy Hillier<\/strong>, who called Alghabra a \u201cterrorist,\u201d CTV reports<\/a>. Mendicino said the tweet is \u201cflagrantly abusive, offensive and Islamophobic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Underwhelmed:<\/strong> Toronto Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith<\/strong> is to table a motion in Parliament calling on the government to devote another $1.1 billion to the fair global distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Star<\/em> reports<\/a>:\u00a0 \u201cCanada has played a leading role in global efforts, but those global efforts have been mediocre and underwhelming and insufficient. We\u2019re spending hundreds of billions of dollars on our own domestic pandemic response,\u201d he added. \u201cWe can spend a fraction of what we spent to protect the world and protect ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out of Kyiv:<\/strong>\u00a0On Tuesday, Canada ordered family members of diplomatic staff stationed in Ukraine to leave the country, a day after the United States, Britain, Germany and Australia announced similar steps, the Globe<\/em> reports<\/a>. Global Affairs said: \u201cDue to the ongoing Russian military buildup and destabilizing activities in and around Ukraine, we have decided to temporarily withdraw Canadian embassy staff\u2019s children under 18 years of age and family members accompanying them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remains found:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Williams Lake First Nation, in British Columbia, says a preliminary investigation has identified 93 \u201creflections\u201d that could indicate the number of children buried around the site of a former residential school, CP reports.<\/a><\/p>\n

Up to our necks:<\/strong> In the Globe<\/em>, John Ibbitson<\/strong> has a column<\/a> warning that the Liberals will soon have to do something about rising debt levels.<\/p>\n

Within the Group of Seven, we have gone from having one of the best debt-to-GDP ratios to middle of the pack: behind Germany, roughly on par with France and Britain, but ahead of the U.S., Italy and Japan. Outside the G7 our debt-to-GDP ratio lags behind Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Indonesia, Ireland, Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Turkey and Vietnam, to name just a few. It is true that Canada\u2019s net debt-to-GDP ratio, which includes pension plan and other assets, is considerably lower. Nonetheless, the 38-member OECD ranks Canada as its ninth-most indebted country<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

MP fined:<\/strong> Calgary Skyview Liberal\u00a0MP George Chahal<\/strong> has paid a $500 fine after taking an opponent\u2019s campaign flyer from a front door and replacing it with his own, CP reports<\/a>. Chahal was captured on a doorbell camera<\/strong> removing a Conservative leaflet while he was going door to door.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Stephen Maher<\/strong>
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