Erin O’Toole turfed as Conservative Party leader
Feb 03, 2022•26 min
Episode description
Erin O’Toole is no longer leader of the Conservative Party after a caucus vote on Wednesday afternoon: 73 members of the 119-member caucus voted for his removal.
Candice Bergen will take over leadership of the party in the interim.
The ouster comes just 18 months after the last Conservative leadership race brought O’Toole to power.
Today, CBC’s John Paul Tasker explains what happened, how the party got to this point, and the challenges ahead