Major obstacles between Poilievre and taking up residence in the Prime Minister’s Office

In the end, Canadians don’t want leadership that tells them what’s wrong with their lives. They already know that. They want someone who can do something about their problems. Poilievre has been mostly silent on that score.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre and his party are trying to turn Trudeau into a divisive and elite figure who is easy to blame for everything—and easy to hate, writes Michael Harris.The Hill Times photographs Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

October 3, 2022

HALIFAX—As everyone knows, former prime minister Stephen Harper is the head of the International Democratic Union, an outfit dedicated to the election of right-wing governments around the world. It appears he has inherited a growth industry.

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