News Analysis
Less than a month into Pierre Poilievre’s leadership of the Conservative Party, the Liberals have introduced policy changes and new programs including an end to pandemic border restrictions and measures to help with the rising cost of living. And Poilievre is taking credit for some of them.
“After constant pressure from Conservatives & people across Canada, Trudeau Liberals finally back down on the disastrous ArriveCAN app, unscientific vaccine mandates & forced mask-wearing,” Poilievre said on social media on Sept. 26.
While the Liberals deny that their policies are driven by fear of new competition, the dynamics in the House of Commons seem to be already changing with Poilievre as Opposition leader. The longtime Ottawa-area Carleton MP is known for his fiery exchanges with the Liberals and his campaign focus on bread-and-butter issues at a time of economic uncertainty….