Brown leads charge against Poilievre in French debate, but stakes highest for ‘combative’ Charest, say strategists

Patrick Brown appeared like a ‘House leader’ paving the way for other candidates to join the attack in the fractious May 25 debate, yet some consensus emerged around Bill 21 signalling a ‘big shift’ to a ‘new position’ for the Conservative Party, say strategists.

Strategists say Conservative leadership candidates Patrick Brown, left, Pierre Poilievre, and Jean Charest made the biggest mark on stage at the party’s official French-language debate, held on May 25 in Laval, Que.The Hill Times file photographs

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

May 27, 2022

Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is widely regarded as having delivered the best performance of the night in a French-language debate on May 25 that saw the candidates go “literally five against one” in taking on perceived front-runner Pierre Poilievre, who used American-style tact...

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