Trump’s Canadian proxy catches a wave

But Poilievre-ism isn’t really about governance or how to make Canada better. This is about revenge. A lot of people want their Trump moment.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, pictured during the party's first leadership debate held at the Canada Strong and Free Network's conference in Ottawa on May 5. It gets more obvious every week that Poilievre, a sort of Trump stand-in, is riding a wave of angry anti-establishment sentiment with a lot more momentum than anyone expected, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

August 10, 2022

OTTAWA—In the last Conservative debate on Aug. 3, Jean Charest looked like a guy who took the wrong bus to a part of town he didn’t want to set foot in. It was the last best chance for the former Quebec premier, who must have thought he was making an important contribution to the leadership con...

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