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Canadian election 2021: can the opposition sustain its surge?

  • New Statesman
  • Sep 6, 2021
  • 1 min read

“He [Erin O'Toole] has a difficult balancing act,” said Roland Paris, professor of international affairs at the University of Ottawa. “He needs to satisfy the more conservative base of his party while also appealing to moderate voters, particularly in the suburbs of Toronto. He’s [so far] managed to thread that needle – we’ll see if he’s able to continue doing so.”


Roland Paris
Graduate School of Public & International Affairs

University of Ottawa

120 University Private, Room 6005E

Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3M5, Canada

rparis@uottawa.ca

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