Heard On The Hill

Fife on Poilievre: ‘I don’t know whether he is going to make it until Christmas’

Also, three press gallery reporters chat about covering Carney; former Tory cabinet minister Elmer MacKay has died; Conservative MP Andrew Lawton has new party duties; and two former senior civil servants have joined the Shorefast Institute's board.

Bob Fife, left, the Globe and Mail’s now-former parliamentary bureau chief, spoke with Aaron Pete, host of the British Columbia-based Nuanced podcast, on July 21, 2026. Screenshots courtesy of YouTube

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

July 27, 2026

Bob Fife has doubts about whether Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will be in his current job by year’s end.

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