Poilievre riding anti-Trudeau tide

There is an impetuous push to see the back end of the man who has led the country for eight—often turbulent—years, including through the pandemic. And thanks partly to the magic of his $3-million makeover, Pierre Poilievre is seen as the perfect foil to the dithering Prince of the Establishment. 
For weeks now, poll numbers for Justin Trudeau, left, have resembled the heart monitor of a patient on his way out. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is riding an anti-Trudeau tide that may well lead to political fortune, writes Michael Harris.

HALIFAX—“There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” —Brutus in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

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