The new Conservative king takes his throne

Pierre Poilievre has latitude that previous Tory sovereigns Andrew Scheer and Erin O’Toole never had, so how will he use it?

While Pierre Poilievre can be accused of offering a lot of empty rhetoric, it would be a fool’s errand to discount the connection he has made with different swaths of Canadians, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

September 14, 2022

OTTAWA—Canada got two new kings last week. Of course, with the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8, we now have a new head of state in King Charles III. In a coronation that Charles might envy, Pierre Poilievre donned the crown of the Conservative Party of Canada. In these early ...

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