‘Being referred to as an old piece of wood’ in Poilievre video ‘not all that complimentary’: Hugh Segal

Conservative MP and leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre's four-minute 'Reclaim' video is attracting lots of chatter and eyeballs.

Conservative MP and leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre's 'Reclaim' video had more than 164,000 views on YouTube. It begins as a rugged paean for the wonders of wood, but it's really about the Ottawa MP’s ideas about the path he would like to put Canada on should he become prime minister. Screen capture courtesy of Pierre Poilievre's video

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

July 15, 2022

“Look at these scars,” says Conservative MP and leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre, pointing to a wooden post in a cottage that appears in an online video with more than 164,000 views on YouTube. “Each one of [the scars] represen...

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