Conservatives dealing with bad polls

So far, it seems the Conservatives are not exactly dismissing the polls like John Diefenbaker once did, nor are they talking about their own internal polls, but they are trying to make it clear that all the bad numbers splashing around the media aren’t causing them to panic.

Conservative national campaign manager Steve Outhouse, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Outhouse recently told the media, 'Polls are polls, and they do what polls do. What you need to do, if you're talking about the long game, is to not worry about them on a day-to-day basis.' The Hill Times photographs by Amir Said and Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

April 2, 2026

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Politicians are always put in a difficult spot when their polling numbers are weak.

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