If Poilievre wants to become prime minister, he should tone down the inflammatory rhetoric

The Conservative Party is running neck and neck with the governing Liberals, but Pierre Poilievre is far behind Mark Carney in leadership numbers. The inflammatory language could further undermine his popularity numbers.
If Pierre Poilievre wants to become prime minister, he should dial back his inflammatory rhetoric.

It appears that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has not learned any lessons from his party’s election defeat. Until early January, the Conservatives held a whopping 27-point lead over the Liberals, and virtually every major pollster and pundit predicted a landslide ma...

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