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OTTAWA — Three months ago, Pierre Poilievre proved he was the populist fighter Conservatives wanted in the next federal election, winning the party's leadership contest in a landslide.
For one thing, they cite an anticipated low voter turnout, with two weeks left until Christmas. Poilievre has also been busy staffing the party and his office on Parliament Hill. And the Liberals have held the riding for the past three elections, though Stephen Harper's Conservatives won it in 2011. Conservative political strategist Shakir Chambers said a win for Chhinzer would be an obvious show of momentum for Poilievre in a region where the Tories want to find success. But if it goes the other way, he said, one takeaway could be a lesson about Poilievre's message delivery.
Having won the leadership with more support than the party's past two leaders, Poilievre enjoys a much more unified caucus. But he has eschewed the conventional way of spreading his message, rarely speaking with national media.
Ginny Roth, who was Poilievre's communications director during the leadership campaign, defended the strategy, saying the leader is not"dogmatic" about who he speaks to. She pointed to the fact that he recently fielded questions about inflation outside the House of Commons — though his appearance in front of parliamentary reporters has so far been rare.
In November, Poilievre broadened his message to state that"everything feels broken," putting out a five-minute video filmed in front of a homeless encampment in Vancouver. In the ad, Poilievre said the policy of delivering toxic drug users a safe supply of opioids is a"failed experiment."
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