Chantal Hébert: Pierre Poilievre needs to unite Canada’s conservatives. This looming battle is a must-win test of his leadership
secured a first-ballot leadership victory last fall, peace has broken out on the Conservative caucus front.
For instance, these days Poilievre and his team are making a virtue of necessity by bragging about the fact they areThat task is undoubtedly made easier by the fact that the likes of Doug Ford, François Legault and Blaine Higgs are not lining up at the federal leader’s doorstep.In the Ontario riding of Oxford, a normally safe CPC seat soon to be in play in a byelection, a messy nomination battle has led the outgoing Conservative MP to switch sides.
After all, it is not as if Poilievre did not have a strong hand to bring to the Portage-Lisgar table.with impetus in the 2021 election, but it has lost a lot of steam now that COVID-related restrictions have been wound down. It is far from clear that the crowded federal scene offers enough room for such a party to take hold. But the existence of the group and its quest for a more centrist alternative to the Liberals feeds the narrative that Poilievre is too extreme a leader to offer those fatigued with Trudeau a safe harbour.
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