About 20 people from across the country gathered to present O'Toole with a plan to win the upcoming Tory leadership contest following Andrew Scheer's resignation.

A protest outside an event by People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier took a violent turn on the evening of Sept. 29.

Maxime Bernier's People's Party may have cost the Conservatives at least five seats, giving the Liberals a stronger minority than they would otherwise have had, election results suggest.

The party's message largely echoed right-wing populists that have had electoral success in the United States and parts of Europe, and echoed among some voters in Canada.

Alaa al-Soufi, 27, of Toronto, has been charged with two counts of intimidation, two counts of disguise with intent and one count of causing a disturbance.

Conservative Rob Moore held the riding from 2004 until 2015.

In 2015, the Liberals won all 32 of the region's seats, which means they have nowhere to go but down once the ballots are all counted.

Reports broke that strategist Warren Kinsella and his firm Daisy Group were hired to ``seek and destroy'' Maxime Bernier's party and portray its supporters as racist.

"The rise of the Bloc Quebec is a little bit surprising,'' the People's Party leader said. "But if we look at our electoral platform, and I compare it to the Bloc Quebecois', I can say that nationalist Quebecers have a place in our party."

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