What are Canadians really buying into with Poilievre?

Over the past two years, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has joyously capitalized on the rhetorical viciousness that has oozed out of the internet to become a staple of public life.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has reduced the immensely complicated business of government to a few dozen words in several simplistic slogans that sound almost like a parody of a political con artist, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

September 25, 2024

OTTAWA—Like the citizens of the United States, the United Kingdom, many European nations, and Argentina, among others, Canadians are apparently well into a populist journey energized by anger, frustration, and distrust of the establishment and government.

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