In yet another about face, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole reached out to voters and distanced himself from predecessor Andrew Scheer on Wednesday, telling an audience in Quebec City he believes in human rights, “including the right of women to choose.”.In 2016, O’Toole voted affirmative on Bill C-225, which would have given legal rights and status to unborn fetuses. O’Toole later said he believed the bill was more about women’s safety..Scheer was clobbered during a debate with then-Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau over abortion during a 2019 French-language wrangle hosted by TVA. In retrospect, it was generally viewed as a defining moment of the election campaign..Scheer’s answers on abortion and climate change during the 2019 debate generated negative coverage that hurt the party’s efforts in the province, said the Globe and Mail..O’Toole told supporters in a Wednesday speech at a Quebec airplane hangar his pitch to La Belle voters is different..“In the past, you have hesitated to put your trust in us,” O’Toole said, as reported in the Globe..“The Conservative Party hasn’t always been clear about its position on social issues. I want to be very clear with you. I am pro-choice and I have always been pro-choice,” he said..“If you trust the Conservative Party, you will elect a government that respects human rights, including the right of women to choose. ”
In yet another about face, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole reached out to voters and distanced himself from predecessor Andrew Scheer on Wednesday, telling an audience in Quebec City he believes in human rights, “including the right of women to choose.”.In 2016, O’Toole voted affirmative on Bill C-225, which would have given legal rights and status to unborn fetuses. O’Toole later said he believed the bill was more about women’s safety..Scheer was clobbered during a debate with then-Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau over abortion during a 2019 French-language wrangle hosted by TVA. In retrospect, it was generally viewed as a defining moment of the election campaign..Scheer’s answers on abortion and climate change during the 2019 debate generated negative coverage that hurt the party’s efforts in the province, said the Globe and Mail..O’Toole told supporters in a Wednesday speech at a Quebec airplane hangar his pitch to La Belle voters is different..“In the past, you have hesitated to put your trust in us,” O’Toole said, as reported in the Globe..“The Conservative Party hasn’t always been clear about its position on social issues. I want to be very clear with you. I am pro-choice and I have always been pro-choice,” he said..“If you trust the Conservative Party, you will elect a government that respects human rights, including the right of women to choose. ”
