That’s the decision I have to make.”But even if MacKay decides to run, veteran Conservative operatives believe O’Toole has a lot to offer. He has the true-blue Canadian boy background that Conservatives of different stripes would like.”As well, O’Toole has “an outward sense of reasonableness” Harper lacked. O’Toole was one of eight Conservative MPs to run for interim leadership, but lost out to Rona Ambrose. Some fellow MPs quietly worry about the optics of O’Toole’s friendship with Jenni Byrne, a longtime Harper loyalist. O’Toole was first elected as an MP in late 2012 in a byelection, after Bev Oda resigned following an expenses scandal.

Source: National Post August 30, 2016 19:18 UTC