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The populist vying to lead Canada and end a decade of liberalism

The populist vying to lead Canada and end a decade of liberalism
Pierre Poilievre has led the Conservative Party since 2022. (Image: pierremp.ca)
The Wall Street Journal
By Vipal Monga and Paul VieiraIn early 2022, much of Canada’s political establishment lined up to blast the Freedom Convoys – lines of truckers who blocked access to this country’s capital to protest against covid-19 vaccine mandates. But not Pierre Poilievre.The opposition Conservative Party lawmaker embraced the truckers like no other mainstream Canadian politician. He used their objections to lockdowns, vaccines and mask mandates to create the narrative that an elitist and condescending prime minister had lost touch &n...

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