Poilievre and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

The Conservatives did everything the wrong way in dealing with Chris d’Entremont's floor crossing, handing their political opponents a win.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his team need to want to be better to overcome the vulnerability exposed last week, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

November 12, 2025

OTTAWA—Last week was an awful one for the Conservative Party. It should have been a time when Leader Pierre Poilievre and his team were critiquing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget and laying out alternatives. Instead, they spent most of the week answering questi...

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