Poilievre’s Trumpian language to appease some supporters risks his losing the rest of the country

Quebec Conservatives are now privately speaking out against their leader to the media. Whether these MPs are worried enough to organize their delegations to get to Calgary in January remains to be seen.
Since making comments about the RCMP that were published on a YouTube channel over a week ago, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been on the receiving end of public and anonymous criticism from Conservative insiders.

OTTAWA—Pierre Poilievre cannot pivot. 

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