After Conservatives underperform in byelections, some party stalwarts, pundits question if Poilievre’s leadership is ‘all hat and no cattle’

Pierre Poilievre doesn't need to convince Canadians that they want change, he just needs to prove that he's the change they want, says David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.

The Liberals winning byelections with higher margins should be a ‘scary pattern’ for the Pierre Poilievre Conservatives, says Greg Lyle, president of Innovative Research.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

July 10, 2023

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre set several records in winning the party's 2022 leadership election, but based on the five recent byelection results, he has failed to gain similar traction with the general population so far, and some former senior Conservatives want the...

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