Playing the game of politics

Political strategists should continue to execute clever tactics and have fun playing the game, but they should be careful about treating ideals and values as if they were expendable pawns.

Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre, pictured March 31, 2022, at a rally in Ottawa. His campaign team recently made an interesting tactical move when it called upon Elections Canada to investigate fellow candidate Patrick Brown over alleged election law violations, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

June 23, 2022

OAKVILLE, ONT.—A successful political consultant once told me the thing he loved most about his job was “playing the game.” In other words, he enjoyed surmounting all the challenges associated with running a political campaign: plotting a winning c...

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