Conservatives need nuanced reflection, not the nuclear option

The party should get trusted people who weren’t central to the campaign to review everything, and recommend whatever they think is necessary to go to the next level.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his party should avoid rushing back into predictable oppositional politics with the same cast of characters, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

May 7, 2025

OTTAWA—Conservatives gathered this week for the first time since the April 28 election. Hopefully they had a vibrant, open, and fulsome caucus meeting where nothing was off limits. It need not be, and should not be, about recrimination and settling scores, but more about a...

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