O'Toole Urges Poilievre to Moderate, Focus on Prosperity

0:00It's April 23rd. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. Former conservative leader Aaron O'Toole is calling on Pierre Pueleeve to tweak his game plan. He says the party needs to moderate some stances to pull in more Canadians and take on Prime Minister Mark Carney's liberal crew, who shifted toward the center. Earlier this week, O'Toole pointed out how the liberals ditched Justin Trudeau's left lean for Carney's center right vibe. Pueleeve's nailed holding them accountable so far, but O'Toole once focused locked on long-term prosperity, ditching culture war noise. O'Toole knows the grind. He ran the conservatives from 2020 to 2022, lost to Trudeau in 2021, and got. Booted amid the Freedom Convoy chaos. Now he's slamming the party's cozy ties with social media influencers, calling them a gift to the liberals. Meanwhile, O'Toole just joined Carney's advisory committee on Canada. US economic ties and gave the Prime Minister props as a sharp, passionate leader.

1:05He's telling Pueleeve to skip obsessing over the four MPs who crossed the floor post 2025 election and just keep the pressure on. That's stability and parliaments a win for Canada right now, with US tensions and global mess. Pueleeve is one of the sharpest in the house, so he's got room to drop a fresh plan on trade and unity that could flip the script, come next vote.