A post-election report on the Conservative Party’s 2021 campaign performance found leader Erin O’Toole had a strong start to the 36-day electoral contest but faltered at the finish because he was “over-managed” and “over-coached” by senior staff.
The report, commissioned by the party brass and compiled by former Alberta MP James Cumming, concluded O’Toole didn’t connect well enough with voters because he “wasn’t himself” at key moments in the campaign.
“The team should have let him be him rather than over-coaching,” said a Conservative source who has been briefed on the report’s findings.
O’Toole rarely ventured away from carefully crafted talking points during
