Poilievre’s Anger Train may just pull into the station empty at the end of the day

One swallow does not a spring make. But the loss in Mississauga-Lakeshore, Ont., should come as a wake-up call for the Conservatives.

Pierre Poilievre is a politician who claims to fight for the little guy. That is exactly what his candidate was in this byelection, a rookie underdog going up against a savvy veteran. But Poilievre was missing in action.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

December 19, 2022

HALIFAX—Among the many questions swirling around the Liberals’ thrashing of Conservatives in the Mississauga Lakeshore byelection is this one: where was Pierre Poilievre when his candidate needed him?

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