Note to Poilievre: politics of personal destruction can only go so far

The big question is whether relentless personal attacks, aided and abetted by sympathetic media and endorsed by former prime minister Stephen Harper, will work for the Conservatives.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured, has a popularity problem, which is fuelling the opposition's tactic of besmirching the prime minister rather than scrutinizing the government’s record, writes Michael Harris.

HALIFAX–No one can deny that the Conservatives' Hate-Trudeau campaign knows no bounds.

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