Harper endorsement of Poilievre victory ‘mic drop’ or ‘strategic’ move for win, says former PM’s senior aide

Conservative Party member Karamveer Lalh says Stephen Harper's endorsement of Pierre Poilievre signals to members that if they liked Harper's approach they should vote for Poilievre. But Jim Armour says it could be more strategic.

Stephen Harper, pictured Sept. 10, 2015, campaigning in Saint John, N.B., in the federal election. 'I don’t think anybody was surprised by the subject of the endorsement, but they might have been surprised that it was made at all—at least publicly—and the timing,' said Jim Armour.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

July 29, 2022

Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s endorsement of Conservative leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre has one of Harper’s former senior aides scratching his head about the timing of the video-push Harper gave Poilievre on

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