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Conservative leader O’Toole says he’ll meet with Canadian truckers following pressure from MPs

Updated: January 28, 2022 at 6:57 pm EST  See Comments

Fri Jan 28, 2022 – 4:17 pm EST

OTTAWA, Ontario  (LifeSiteNews) – Erin O’Toole, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), now says he will meet with truckers from Freedom Convoy who are expected to arrive in Ottawa this weekend, after many high-profile CPC MPs broker ranks and voiced their unwavering support for the haulers.

“The trucker convoy is a symbol of the fatigue in our country right now. The very fact that the prime minister won’t listen or hear these voices shows the degree of division that exists in our country,” O’Toole said at a press conference in Ottawa yesterday.

“So tomorrow I will be meeting with truckers to hear their concerns, to talk about the proposals I brought three weeks ago to try and make sure we can keep grocery store shelves full, keep people working and work together.”

However, over the past few days a growing chorus of CPC MPs, including high-profile ones such as former CPC leader Andrew Scheer and CPC Deputy leader MP Candice Bergen, came out in full support of Freedom Convoy, while O’Toole stayed silent.

O’Toole had earlier in the week claimed it was not his place as

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