O'Toole wants this election to be a referendum on Trudeau. Trudeau needs voters to see a stark choice.
CBC
The outcome of another odd and surprising federal election may depend on whether voters see this exercise as a referendum or a choice.
Speaking to reporters in Kanata, Ont., on Monday, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole called the election a "choice." But then he spoke of it as a referendum on the incumbent.
This election, he said, is "about whether or not we want to reward Justin Trudeau for breaking his promise and calling an unnecessary $600 million election in the middle of a pandemic "
The relevance of that cost is debatable — the last federal election cost $500 million and a new election was going to happen at some point in the next two years — but O'Toole was more interested in talking about the Liberal leader's character.
WATCH: Erin O'Toole goes after Justin Trudeau on the character question
Standing in front of an inflatable bouncy castle (O'Toole was nominally there to discuss his proposals for parental benefits), the Conservative leader launched into a pointedly personal attack on the prime minister, going so far as to suggest that he did not respect Trudeau.
O'Toole — who before Monday was talking up his "positive" campaign — described Trudeau as "privileged," "entitled," self-interested, divisive and unworthy of trust. O'Toole called Trudeau "a man who is not a feminist, not an environmentalist, not a public servant ... a man who is focused solely and squarely on himself."
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