Election Canada 2021: Profile of Erin O’Toole, the rookie with a chance to beat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

MONTREAL, KOMPAS.com – The election of Canada this time raises a new name that has a chance to beat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, namely Erin O’Toole.

In the 2021 Canadian election, Erin O’Toole is running for the head of the Conservative Party and remains loyal to Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party.

According to a compiled Canadian election survey AFP, the two main parties that have governed Canada since its confederation in 1867 are in statistical heat.

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Each garnered the support of 32% of Canadian election respondents, while the left-wing New Democrats lag far behind.

If the numbers don’t change, Canada’s electoral situation in 2019 could repeat itself as Trudeau’s once-powerful giant party is reduced to a minority government.

Who is Erin O’Toole?

Days before Justin Trudeau called for a Canadian election, Erin O’Toole said she didn’t want one.

Canada was then entering the fourth wave of Covid-19.

“Now is not the time for a Canadian election,” he said. “We can all wait and go to the polls when it is safe.”

Erin O’Toole’s profile is largely unknown in Canada, but now, days before the September 20 election in Canada, the 48-year-old remains closely linked to Justin Trudeau as the next prime minister.

This is a change for the new leader of the Conservative Party, who is just entering his second year in office.

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At the start of the Canadian election campaign, according to Abacus Data quoted BBC, 40 percent of Canadians don’t know Erin O’Toole enough to think about her.

Then, during the 35-day Canadian election campaign, Erin O’Toole ran using a softer, more centrist approach than her Conservative predecessors.

Erin O’Toole makes frequent references to her young family, beginning to answer questions by mentioning his wife, Rebecca, and their two children.

Erin O’Toole’s Canadian election campaign puts a lot of emphasis on her professional experience outside of politics, where she spent 12 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a helicopter navigator, then 10 years in corporate law.

“From day one of my leadership, my priority has been to build a conservative movement where every Canadian can feel at home,” he said this week. BBC, Friday (9/17/2021).

“We are no longer your father’s Conservative Party,” said Erin O’Toole.

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