Le chef conservateur Erin O’Toole a vivement dénoncé dimanche la décision « risquée » du premier ministre Justin Trudeau qui, selon lui, a choisi de déclencher une campagne électorale pour obtenir des « gains politiques » au profit de la santé des Canadiens.
« Je suis très déçu honnêtement que Justin Trudeau, pendant la quatrième vague, essaie de semer la confusion et de diviser les gens sur la question de leur santé », a fustigé le chef des conservateurs, Erin O’Toole, en conférence de presse au centre-ville d’Ottawa, en début d’après-midi.
Parlant d’un « jeu politique » qui pose d’importants risques selon lui, M. O’Toole a décoché plusieurs flèches directes envers son rival libéral dès le départ. « Il sait qu’il y a une quatrième vague, il a plus d’informations que tous les Canadiens. Et j’espère sincèrement qu’il ne met pas les gens en danger, en lançant cette élection. […] He allowed the delta variant to enter this country,” the elected official added, at the same time calling on Canadians to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
“We must educate people, we must not force them to do things,” the Conservative leader outlined, reiterating that “vaccines are safe and effective.” He remembers being infected with COVID-19 himself, last fall.
In a statement, the Conservative Party itself noted that “all Liberal MPs voted against holding an election during a pandemic”, but that “this did not stop Justin Trudeau from quenching his thirst for power”. “It is clear that Justin Trudeau called an election for personal gain, not to help Canadians,” the party said.
At the end of Sunday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed what was no longer a secret to anyone in Canada: The country will already campaign until September 20, the minimum period stipulated in law – when the fourth wave officially began in Canada and the delta variable was a concern to public health authorities.
For Erin O’Toole, the truth is that the outgoing government thinks only of itself. Noting the sacrifices Canadians have made to fight the pandemic, he pleaded “we must not jeopardize all our efforts for the games and for political gain.”
In fact, when the Conservative leader spoke, he was in a studio his party had set up in Ottawa due to the pandemic situation. Opinion polls show that neither Irene O’Toole’s Conservatives nor Jagmeet Singh’s neo-Democrats have enough voter support to form a government.
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