Conservative leader Erin O'Toole, 48, has struggled to make himself known since taking over the right-leaning party last year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fears of a COVID-19 resurgence hung over the distinct Old City Hall building down the street from Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Tuesday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers met behind closed doors for a second straight day to plot a path through — and eventually beyond — the pandemic.

Yves-Francois Blanchet said Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, must also resign.