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To unseat Trudeau, Conservative leader seeks middle ground

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TORONTO (AP) � The man who might oust Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from power advertised himself a year ago as a “true-blue conservative� who would “take back Canada� when he became his party’s leader. Instead, Erin O’Toole has tried to pull the Conservative Party toward the political center, especially in the weeks since Trudeau called a snap federal election. Polls show O’Toole’s Conservatives could defeat the prime minister’s Liberal Party on Monday. Critics describe him as a two-faced politician who would say and do anything to get elected. O’Toole calls himself a Conservative leader with a new, more inclusive style. “We’re not your dad’s Conservative Party anymore,� he told a crowd in Quebec this week.