Rising support for far-right People’s Party unlikely to trouble Tories, say strategists and experts, as O’Toole makes a pitch for the centre

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has tried to recruit support from the centre, but it may have left the party vulnerable to a challenge on its right flank.

People's Party supporters are pictured protesting outside the Sept. 9 English-language leaders' debate in Gatineau, Que., over Maxime Bernier's exclusion. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

September 15, 2021

With support for the far-right People's Party growing according to some polls, the impact on the Conservatives is muted due to the party's stronghold in regions in which the rising support is strongest, say analysts. Support for Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada (PPC) has grown over the cou...

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