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Adam van Koeverden Profile picture
@vankayak
Sep 6, 2021 • 13 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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1/ 🧵 Yesterday, Erin O’Toole tried to mislead Canadians about his plan to rip up the Liberal ban on assault weapons and repeal mandatory background checks (C-71), it is time to lay out the facts:

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2/ O’Toole is beholden to the American-style gun lobby here in Canada. They won him his leadership, as Conservative candidate Michelle Rempel Garner pointed out, and have been actively campaigning for the Conservatives.
3/ While Erin O’Toole refuses to give a straight answer to questions from the media on his plan to bring Canada backwards, the gun lobby knows he will deliver for them.
4/ The National Firearms Association Ontario Director, Rick Igercich, has been campaigning for O’Toole’s candidate Leslyn Lewis.
5/ The National Firearms Association Atlantic Director, Donald Felthham, has been campaigning for O’Toole’s candidate Steve Hodder in Newfoundland.
6/ The National Firearms Association Alberta Director, Dwayne Gorniak, has been campaigning for O’Toole’s candidate Shannon Stubbs.
7/ The National Firearms Association Ontario Director, Jordan Vandenhoff, has been campaigning for O’Toole’s candidate Graham Speck in Niagara Centre.
8/ The gun lobby brags about sending their pamphlets to @PamDamoff's riding of Oakville North-Burlington. They are afraid of strong women like Pam who stand up for the safety of their communities.

9/ The National Firearms Association Ontario Regional Coordinator, Tom Mavin, has been campaigning for O’Toole’s candidate Connie Cody in Cambridge.
10/ No wonder the gun lobby knows Erin O’Toole will keep his promises to them following his damage control efforts this weekend. Here’s what the president of the National Firearms Association said yesterday:
11/ The gun lobby also has direct access at the highest levels to Erin O’Toole. His Campaign Manager, Fred DeLorey, was a lobbyist for the National Firearms Association.
12/ When will Erin O’Toole stop lying and come clean to Canadians?
13/ Will he admit he plans to legalize 1,500 assault-style weapons banned by the Liberal government?

Will he come clean that he will repeal mandatory lifetime background checks by scrapping Bill C-71?

Canadians deserve straight answers.

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Sep 6, 2021
1/ 🧵 Hier, Erin O'Toole a tenté d'induire les Canadiens en erreur au sujet de son plan pour abroger l'interdiction libérale des armes d'assaut et annuler la vérification obligatoire des antécédents (C-71).

Il est temps d'exposer les faits.

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2/ O’Toole est redevable au lobby des armes à feu. Ce même lobby l’a aidé à gagner son leadership, comme l'a souligné la candidate conservatrice Michelle Rempel Garner. Les lobbyistes font activement campagne pour les conservateurs.
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In 2019, Mr. O'Toole promised that he’d stopped talking with The Rebel since they aren't "a serious news source." I agree!

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This is a pattern for the Conservatives: say one thing and do another.

As Canadians watched extremists storm the U.S. Capitol, Mr. O'Toole talked tough but stayed silent when his Deputy Leader wore a MAGA hat. Image
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