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Originally Posted by shotinthebacklund
Serious question, O' Toole failed to lead his party to enough seats to win the election. Why keep him? not all that dissimilar to firing a coach for not making the playoffs. O'toole was a bland leader at best, took forever to have any discernible platform, and had nothing of personality to draw the needed voters to his side. Who knows, maybe he would have won if the new allegations of voter suppression prove to be true.
Edit: what path specifically was he charting? restriction on "assault style weapons (vague as hell and one we already had a well defined definition for in the firearms industry in canada)" ? a wishy washy climate plan? Pro choice (no different then the current party stance) ? and not balancing the budget for at least 10 years?
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Well, not particularly O'Toole specific, but leadership of a party should be more than just about winning a particular election. Eventually electoral success is necessary but there needs to be more attention around shaping policy, the direction of the party. I'd argue that the focus on winning was partly why he lost an election (because he pandered to the base as a strategy for winning).