A Tory witchhunt is on over Bert Chen, a member of the Conservative party’s national caucus who called for leader Erin O’Toole to resign hours after the loss to the Liberals in the September election..The party is demanding Chen turn over personal e-mails, social media postings and phone records to find out who in the party he was in contact with during the turmoil..“It is our view that this investigation is an unprecedented campaign by the Conservative Party of Canada to thwart dissenting views and oust those party members who disagree with the leadership of the party,” wrote Scott Hamilton, who is representing Chen, in a statement to Global News..Global has obtained a copy of a letter sent by Arthur Hamilton, the party’s longtime lawyer, detailing a sweeping investigation into Chen’s suspension. .Chen was given a 60-day suspension after going public with his resignation call..His petition stated: “Erin O’Toole has BETRAYED the principles that the Conservative Party is founded on.”.The petition goes on to cite principles Chen believes O’Toole has betrayed, including fiscal irresponsibility, ignoring peoples’ freedoms with his vaccine policy, and embracing a carbon tax, despite promises not to..“We, the undersigned, request that the National Council of the Conservative Party of Canada commence a referendum to recall Erin O’Toole as the Leader of the Conservative Party,” the petition concludes..After O’Toole’s loss to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the CPC leader technically won’t need to submit to a leadership review until the next policy convention which isn’t scheduled until 2023..“My preference is that O’Toole should be evaluated for his performance for this election not the next one,” Chen told the Western Standard in an interview in September..“The feedback I’ve heard from many members is (O’Toole) has broken their trust with his flip-flopping on policies. In every metric, he’s come up short.”
A Tory witchhunt is on over Bert Chen, a member of the Conservative party’s national caucus who called for leader Erin O’Toole to resign hours after the loss to the Liberals in the September election..The party is demanding Chen turn over personal e-mails, social media postings and phone records to find out who in the party he was in contact with during the turmoil..“It is our view that this investigation is an unprecedented campaign by the Conservative Party of Canada to thwart dissenting views and oust those party members who disagree with the leadership of the party,” wrote Scott Hamilton, who is representing Chen, in a statement to Global News..Global has obtained a copy of a letter sent by Arthur Hamilton, the party’s longtime lawyer, detailing a sweeping investigation into Chen’s suspension. .Chen was given a 60-day suspension after going public with his resignation call..His petition stated: “Erin O’Toole has BETRAYED the principles that the Conservative Party is founded on.”.The petition goes on to cite principles Chen believes O’Toole has betrayed, including fiscal irresponsibility, ignoring peoples’ freedoms with his vaccine policy, and embracing a carbon tax, despite promises not to..“We, the undersigned, request that the National Council of the Conservative Party of Canada commence a referendum to recall Erin O’Toole as the Leader of the Conservative Party,” the petition concludes..After O’Toole’s loss to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the CPC leader technically won’t need to submit to a leadership review until the next policy convention which isn’t scheduled until 2023..“My preference is that O’Toole should be evaluated for his performance for this election not the next one,” Chen told the Western Standard in an interview in September..“The feedback I’ve heard from many members is (O’Toole) has broken their trust with his flip-flopping on policies. In every metric, he’s come up short.”
