Poilievre’s pivot from migrant issue part of cross-party failure to offer policy solutions

There's a lot of political posturing on the asylum seekers and parties seem content to appeal to their bases instead of offering policy solutions.

In February, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave the government one month to stop illegal migrants from crossing through Quebec’s Roxham Road border crossing, but that demand is no longer his focus with other issues more damaging to the Liberals in his sight line. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

March 16, 2023

OTTAWA—Back on Feb. 21, before Pierre Poilievre found his political groove with the China electoral interference allegations, the Conservative leader had given the Trudeau government exactly one...

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