Harper sees Carney as his ideological heir

Pierre Poilievre’s real problem isn’t that he is facing discontent from within his caucus; it’s that he’s losing support from important Conservatives from without. 
Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, left, and Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney. All that matters to Harper is that Canada is now sailing on an economic course that he charted, writes Gerry Nicholls.    

OAKVILLE, ONT.—According to Casey Stengel, one of baseball’s all-time great managers, “The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.” 

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