Far-right convoy supporter becomes leader of Canada's Conservatives
Canadian politics took another step toward the far right with the election of Pierre Poilievre as leader of the federal Conservative Party on September 10, reports Jeff Shantz.
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Canadian politics took another step toward the far right with the election of Pierre Poilievre as leader of the federal Conservative Party on September 10, reports Jeff Shantz.
You don’t often hear the words “climate change” from Pierre Poilievre’s mouth, especially not without a sneer in his voice and a knowing, snarky eyebrow raised to the base. But it happened during his Conservative leadership victory speech — Poilievre announced he would “fight climate change with technology, not with taxes.”
The photo with Jeremy MacKenzie wasn’t Pierre Poilievre’s first exposure to the Diagolon movement, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
But the convoy-tinged rot in the Conservative Party of Canada goes much deeper than some of its members, writes columnist Max Fawcett.