Erin O'Toole

Four party leaders went head to head in the first televised debate of the campaign on Thursday, September 2, 2021, night, trading barbs over the COVID-19 pandemic, health care and systemic racism in Quebec, a key battleground in Canada's 44th federal election.

Since winning the leadership, Erin O’Toole has worked fearlessly to soften the several jagged edges that had come to characterize his party since its inception, writes Andrew Perez.

If Canadian voters genuinely care about climate change, they’ll do themselves a favour and put O’Toole’s plan in the trash can — before he gets a chance to do it himself, writes columnist Max Fawcett.