Conservatives need a leader who can sit at the grown-ups table

If we continue to keep the grown-ups out and make all the political tribes smaller and more insular, we all lose. Our political system badly needs an injection of adulthood.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, pictured speaking to media in the West Block on Dec. 1, 2021. As the first to announce his intentions for leadership of the CPC, in what clearly was a calculated effort to 'big foot' others, time will tell if he has grown-up, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

February 9, 2022

OTTAWA—Give credit where credit is due. It is not something that happens much anymore in our political ecosystem, and frankly it should. My preaching aside, I want to acknowledge some wise words offered by Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne on CBC’s At Issue panel last week....

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