Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole was asked the question earlier this week, and he dismissed the idea. “I don’t think (the election) should be held as we’re trying to deal with the second wave of pandemic, when there’s curfews not far from me at night in Quebec. And with the growing number of screw-ups on the Liberal record, it’s hard to see how the government can maintain confidence much longer. It’s having not taken measures to keep out variants of the COVID-19 virus that could spike a third wave of the disease. They all arrived via international travel, an area where the federal government could have — and should have — been far more aggressive from day one.

Source: National Post February 09, 2021 21:45 UTC