The Conservatives will review their disappointing election loss, Erin OB次元官网网址橳oole said Tuesday as he underscored his commitment to ensuring the party is battle-ready for the next campaign.

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No further details were provided about what the review would examine or its parameters.

There are still mail-in ballots being counted, but by Tuesday evening the Conservatives were projected to finish the contest with 119 seats and the Liberals returned to Parliament with another minority government.

OB次元官网网址橳oole made the effort to point out the election was not without its gains, pointing to the seats it picked up across Atlantic Canada after the region was swept by the Liberals in 2015.

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The Conservatives are currently projected to win fewer seats than former leader Andrew Scheer did in 2019 when his party reduced the Liberals to a minority but failed to oust them.

Scheer, a social conservative who was easily re-elected as a member of Parliament in Saskatchewan in MondayB次元官网网址檚 vote, stepped down as leader after the last election following an internal pressure campaign for him to leave.

Staying at the helm could prove a challenge for the current Conservative leader after he took risks with his base by moving the party more into the political centre for the chance to pick up seats in Ontario, which didnB次元官网网址檛 materialize.

OB次元官网网址橳oole had to answer for reversing his stance on positions such as protecting the conscience rights of health professionals from having to refer patients for services such as abortion or medical assistance in dying because of personal objections, which he pledged to do during his leadership race.

He acknowledged the party failed to win all the seats it wanted in areas such as Metro Vancouver, the Greater Toronto Area and in Quebec, which would have provided them with a path to victory.

The Conservative leader did say, however, the party came within 2,000 votes in 30 ridings and will work to close that gap.

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