ANALYSIS | Pierre Poilievre is a 21st century populist who thinks his moment has arrived | CBC News:

In a different time and place, Conservatives might have been expected
to turn to Jean Charest. But after being out of politics for nearly a
decade, the former Quebec premier was rusty and slow.

Charest’s
campaign was also aimed at the wrong part of the Conservative Party’s
brain. His candidacy represented the most rational and conventional
argument — that the party needed to make a broader appeal to those
outside its partisan tent in order to win power again.

But
Poilievre captured the Conservative id. After three consecutive losses
to Justin Trudeau, after Erin O’Toole’s clumsy attempts to moderate some
of the party’s positions and expand the party’s tent, Poilievre offered
Conservatives an emotionally satisfying cri du coeur (“freedom!”) and
an unabashed, combative leader to get behind.

ANALYSIS | Pierre Poilievre is a 21st century populist who thinks his moment has arrived | CBC News: In a different time and place, Conservatives might have been expected
to turn to Jean Charest. But after being out of politics for nearly a
decade, the former Quebec premier was rusty and slow.Charest’s
campaign was also aimed at the wrong part of the Conservative Party’s
brain. His candidacy represented the most rational and conventional
argument — that the party needed to make a broader appeal to those
outside its partisan tent in order to win power again.But
Poilievre captured the Conservative id. After three consecutive losses
to Justin Trudeau, after Erin O’Toole’s clumsy attempts to moderate some
of the party’s positions and expand the party’s tent, Poilievre offered
Conservatives an emotionally satisfying cri du coeur (“freedom!”) and
an unabashed, combative leader to get behind.Read More