Erin O’Toole ousted as leader of Canada’s Conservative Party after caucus revolt

Erin O’Toole is no longer the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. In a secret-ballot vote Wednesday morning, Conservative MPs chose to oust their leader after just 17 months and one failed election at the helm. After a marathon caucus meeting, where O’Toole made an eleventh-hour pitch to keep his job, 73 MPs voted to launch a leadership race with 45 voting to keep O’Toole on. The definitive vote was forced by 35 MPs unhappy with O’Toole’s leadership. There have been extensive tensions and divisions inside the party from those who felt that the trucker protests in Ottawa should have been supported and MPs don’t support climate change policies O’Toole had or vaccine mandates.