The Liberal race is on, so where’s Poilievre?

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre appears stuck in a twilight zone, locked in a bubble with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Liberal leadership candidates silence his talking points and ‘axe the tax’ on their own.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, centre, needs to adjust his talking points with Liberal leadership front-runners Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland now in the mix, writes Bhagwant Sandhu.The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

January 23, 2025

OTTAWA—The Liberal leadership race is on with the two heavyweights officially declared, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre seems to have gone missing in action.

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