Yesterday’s man takes a shot at remaking Canada’s future

The reality is that Jean Charest seems to be challenging for the leadership of a party that no longer exists.

Jean Charest’s attempt to offer Conservative Party members policies aimed at winning over moderate voters is clearly a waste of energy if messaging from current leadership frontrunner Pierre Poilievre holds sway, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

March 23, 2022

OTTAWA—One thing is for sure: you can take Jean Charest at his word when he says he’s not afraid of an uphill struggle. I can recall his lonely days as the so-called leader of the Progressive Conservative party after the loss to Jean Chretien’s Liberals in 1993. The joke about being able to h...

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