Thread by @MariekeWalsh

Former Tory leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary and Tory Leader @AndrewScheer walk in for their chat at Ryerson University #onpoli #cdnpoli

O’Leary dives right in, says the GM closure today is the start of a trend. Says there’s no reason why the Oshawa plant couldn’t be converted to build electric cars #onpoli #cdnpoli

Scheer says it took Ottawa nine months to respond to U.S. corporate tax changes. Says that’s too long.
O’Leary says the reason why jobs are leaving Canada is because Trump gave corporations ability to write off investments
Note that feds made changes in this last week #cdnpoli

O’Leary: Morneau is a disaster, disaster, he’s gotta go. Trudeau’s gotta go. It’s a spatula we need, scrape it clean and start anew #onpoli #cdnpoli

O’Leary doesn’t mention that GM is also closing four plants in the United States. Here’s the news release 👉🏻 media.gm.ca/media/ca/en/gm… #onpoli #cdnpoli

Scheer says he’ll take Qs from the audience, gives the crowd an example of what they could ask: you might be concerned about having events like this #onpoli #cdnpoli

Scheer is asked who he looks up to among politicians. He says it’s Margaret Thatcher #onpoli #cdnpoli

On top Thatcher, he also adds Ronald Reagan and Brad Wall. Scheer says they’re all people he tries to emulate #onpoli #cdnpoli

O’Leary repeatedly slags Trudeau and his cabinet. For example he says Trudeau mandated diversity not competency, he says that’s how we ended up with Freeland #onpoli #cdnpoli

In final question, Scheer gets toughest Q. Questioner: you’re not going to win with current conditions, so what’s the back up plan?
Scheer: I disagree. We are “destroying” Trudeau on key issues. For example he says carbon tax and fundraising.#onpoli #cdnpoli

Scheer says he’s going to keep doing what he’s doing. “I’m very optimistic. I know I’m going to be PM of Canada. I know we’re going to beat the Liberals in 2019.” #onpoli #cdnpoli

I’m leaving for another event. Bug this one is wrapping up. For the tail end head to Scheer’s Facebook page #cdnpoli