Pollsters say Poilievre leadership kicked Conservative ‘fundraising juggernaut’ into overdrive, but don’t discount Liberals

‘They should feel good but not confident’: pollster Nik Nanos says Conservatives can’t take ‘soft’ Liberal fundraising numbers for granted.

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s, left, Liberals wake up to the genuine threat Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre poses in the next election, the Tories will have to walk a fine line between motivating their own base without becoming an equally useful fundraising asset for the Liberals, say pollsters.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

May 17, 2023

The first six months of Pierre Poilievre’s leadership of the Conservative Party has transformed its money-making machine into a “fundraising juggernaut,” says pollster Nik Nanos. But as the Tories continue to grow their war chest, it’s far too early to be confident i...

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