With time ticking down for Conservative leadership candidates to get their money and paperwork in, Pierre Poilievre in particular wants people to know he's got the backing to win.
With 10 days left for candidates to enter the Conservative party leadership race -- and 20 before $300,000 worth in fees are due -- what's capturing the attention of those watching as of late are the crowds.Pierre Poilievre would fall into the first category, as the longtime Ottawa-area MP has been consistently appearing before massive groups of people at rallies across the country.
Not only is the Conservative faithful flocking, but also those who don't typically frequent political events, including the under-40 crowd. Railing against the price of a home is one of his go-to messages. In Vancouver, Poilievre also pledged to uphold free speech at universities, at one point joking that a sudden loud sound was censors coming to get him.
"When you don't see people out and about, that's not indicative that nothing is going on. Rather, they're like a duck: They're smooth and calm on the surface, but they're kicking their little feet as fast as they can under the water." "The constant obsession with the status of our campaign on Twitter just confirms for us that some of our opponents are afraid our momentum," she wrote in an email to The Canadian Press, referring to how some have compared his crowd sizes to those of Poilievre's.
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