Strange chessboard is developing for the federal election

It’s a potential case of now or never for the Conservatives. Could that be why so many wistful stories about Stephen Harper are popping up in places like the National Post and on social media? Could that be why MPs like Pierre Poilievre are tweeting out their support of Harper, and other MPs are grumbling about their prospects at the polls under Erin O’Toole?
Former prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured in a 2019 Conservative Party fund-raising pitch. Some would argue that Harper’s return to elected politics as interim leader is a non-starter. Harper as interim leader would be a Hail Mary pass to be sure. But sometimes those passes find the end zone, writes Michael Harris.

HALIFAX—What a strange chessboard is developing for the federal election everyone suspects looms just ahead.

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