{"id":17789,"date":"2025-04-06T14:53:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T14:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/amid-trumps-threats-canadas-conservative-leader-faces-uncertainty-in-national-election\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T14:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T14:53:37","slug":"amid-trumps-threats-canadas-conservative-leader-faces-uncertainty-in-national-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/amid-trumps-threats-canadas-conservative-leader-faces-uncertainty-in-national-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Trump\u2019s Threats, Canada\u2019s Conservative Leader Faces Uncertainty in National Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Carrying his 6-year-old daughter on his shoulders, Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Party leader running to lead Canada, was wading through a crowd of well-wishers in his electoral district in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHey, there he is, Mr. Alexander!\u201d he said, gripping the hand of Mark Alexander, whose dairy farm the politician had visited 21 years ago on his first run for office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre recalled sitting at the farmer\u2019s kitchen table. He recalled, too, that Mr. Alexander did not get his Conservative membership card because \u201cthe party messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThen I came and milked cows with you,\u201d Mr. Poilievre went on, as the farmer\u2019s wife, Lynn, chimed in, \u201cYes, you did!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After asking about four family members \u2014 by name \u2014 Mr. Poilievre moved on. \u201cHe really cares about the people,\u201d said Ms. Alexander, who was planning to vote for Mr. Poilievre. \u201cAnd he has an amazing memory. Like he\u2019ll remember those very little details of the first time we met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre, 45 \u2014 who is aiming to defeat Prime Minister Mark Carney, 60, and end a decade of Liberal rule in Canada\u2019s general election on April 28 \u2014 is considered one of Canada\u2019s most dexterous campaigners, communicators and politicians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre had seemed destined to become Canada\u2019s next leader as his party sat on what looked like an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/338canada.com\/polls.htm\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">insurmountable lead in the polls<\/a> just a couple of months ago when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, enfeebled by two years of pounding by Mr. Poilievre, was forced to step down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPierre Poilievre is, on the cut-and-thrust of politics, one of the most incisive and aggressive takedown artists,\u201d said Ken Boessenkool, a Conservative who worked for former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a Conservative. \u201cHe has the ability to find an opponent\u2019s weakness and, and just go at them in a way that is devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe understands the political game and has played that political game successfully, better than almost anyone else,\u201d Mr. Boessenkool added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the Conservatives\u2019 25 percentage point lead in the polls has swiftly turned into a single-digit deficit as Mr. Trump has become the race\u2019s dominant issue. Polls show voters believe Mr. Carney better suited to handling the American president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre\u2019s campaign, however, has said relatively little about Mr. Trump and has continued focusing on attacking the Liberals. Many voters associate Mr. Poilievre with Mr. Trump, analysts say, a link that has become a liability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe and his team are going to have to recognize the game is being played in a different arena right now, and how you play in that arena may require a demonstration of other political skills,\u201d said Tim Powers, a Conservative who has worked on several campaigns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPart of it is showing people a relatability that isn\u2019t always about being the loudest, the toughest, the most aggressive in the room,\u201d Mr. Powers added. \u201cThat you can listen, that fighting isn\u2019t always throwing the first punch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre\u2019s angry style of politics channeled Canadian voters\u2019 fatigue and frustration toward Mr. Trudeau, but now that he is gone and Canada is under threat, many voters are turning away from Mr. Poilievre, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractives.cbc.ca\/elections\/poll-tracker\/canada\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">polls show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHonestly, I think he\u2019s a bully,\u201d said Mohammad Jubaer, 47, a resident of Mr. Poilievre\u2019s electoral district. \u201cHe tries to scare people to vote. I don\u2019t think this is the right approach. Maybe it\u2019s an approach that works in the U.S., but not for Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokesman for Mr. Poilievre\u2019s campaign did not respond to a request for comment for this article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A career politician, Mr. Poilievre nevertheless describes himself as an outsider because of his origins. Born in Calgary to a 16-year-old single mother, he was adopted by two schoolteachers and raised in a middle-class home in the city\u2019s suburbs. He is married to Anaida Poilievre, a Venezuelan immigrant who grew up in Montreal and worked in Parliament. The Poilievres have two young children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre became interested in politics as a teenager, joining the Reform Party, a right-wing populist party that embodied western Canada\u2019s alienation from the country\u2019s traditional centers of power, Ontario and Quebec. He studied at the University of Calgary, where a cluster of political scientists backing the movement became known as the \u201cCalgary School.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Tom Flanagan, a member of the Calgary School who went on to serve under Mr. Harper, said Mr. Poilievre and other future political leaders were influenced by the university\u2019s climate in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAmong the students, there was a ferment because of the Reform Party,\u201d Mr. Flanagan said. The Reform Party merged with the Progressive Conservatives to form the current Conservative Party in 2003.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre left Calgary before graduating to work for a lawmaker in Ottawa in 2002. After his surprising election at the age of 24, Mr. Poilievre rose quickly under Mr. Harper, who served as prime minister between 2006 and 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Canada\u2019s political culture, it is nearly impossible for an individual lawmaker to propose significant bills and establish a personal legislative record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">So Mr. Poilievre succeeded in standing out by being a pugilist skilled at political theater and social media, said Alex Marland, a political scientist at Acadia University. Mr. Poilievre also displayed a deep understanding of the budget and other policy issues, drawing a sharp contrast with other populists like Mr. Trump and Boris Johnson, Mr. Marland said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cOne difference,\u201d Mr. Marland said, \u201cis that Poilievre would probably stay up late at night reading everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre\u2019s two decades in Ottawa overlapped with what Mr. Powers described as the party\u2019s \u201cprofessionalization\u201d of politics: the widespread use of political consultants, the building of databases for fund-raising and voter-profiling and the use of direct communication with voters, including through social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre is \u201cthe first professional politician that the Conservative Party of Canada has had,\u201d Mr. Powers said. \u201cHe has spent years studying how to master his craft \u2014 he\u2019s made mistakes along the way. But he\u2019s truly a professional politician, for good or for bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since becoming Conservative leader in 2022, Mr. Poilievre has campaigned on a traditional Conservative message of lower taxes, smaller government and personal freedom, as well as easing regulations for the oil industry and getting tough on crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But he has also turned more sharply to populism than previous Conservatives, Mr. Flanagan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre has championed the truckers who occupied Ottawa for weeks to protest vaccine mandates during the pandemic. He has railed against \u201cutopian wokeism.\u201d Mr. Poilievre has attacked the mainstream news media, preferring to give interviews to right-wing media and podcasters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-12\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe\u2019s polarizing the electorate,\u201d said Peter Woolstencroft, an emeritus professor at the University of Waterloo who was also involved in Conservative politics for decades. \u201cHe\u2019s not looking to accumulate a big coalition victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Jubaer, the voter who lives in Mr. Poilievre\u2019s district, said he had grown weary of Mr. Trudeau. But he was planning to vote for Mr. Poilievre\u2019s main rival in the district, Bruce Fanjoy, a Liberal candidate who said he had knocked on 15,000 doors in his bid to dislodge Mr. Poilievre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-13\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On a recent afternoon, Mr. Fanjoy dropped by the house of Brian Vallipuram, 64, a restaurant owner who said he had voted for Mr. Poilievre in the previous election. But now that the election\u2019s main issue was Mr. Trump, Mr. Vallipuram was leaning toward Mr. Carney, who served as the head of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCarney knows business,\u201d Mr. Vallipuram said. \u201cBut Poilievre is a career politician.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With Canada\u2019s political landscape having shifted so drastically, Mr. Poilievre has three weeks to find his balance, a challenge even for someone with his political skills and decades at the heart of Canadian politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-14\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEverything he\u2019s ever done will either have prepared him properly for this moment or not,\u201d said Mr. Boessenkool, the Conservative who worked for Mr. Harper. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t bet against him, but I 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