Conservative MPs unsure ‘which Poilievre they will get’ as party leader if he wins leadership

Party unity should not be an issue after a leadership election as the winner is the choice of a majority of party members and everyone should get behind the new leader, says Conservative MP Michael Cooper.

With the Conservative leadership contest in the home stretch, all candidates, including Pierre Poilievre, left, Leslyn Lewis, Jean Charest, Roman Baber and Scott Aitchison and their campaign staff are putting in all the efforts in the get-out-the-vote to ensure their voters cast their vote in the leadership election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and handouts

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BY ABBAS RANA

August 8, 2022

If Pierre Poilievre wins the leadership on Sept. 10, Conservative MPs are unsure if they will get a leader who will moderate his views and make a sincere effort to bring the party together, or one who will “double down” on his campaign rhetoric and his hard-hitting leadership style, say some Con...

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