Why we shouldn’t underestimate Pierre Poilievre (Canadian Dimension)

Erin O’Toole is out as Conservative leader. After a disappointing 2021 election result in which the Conservatives failed to pick up any new seats, and a muddled response to the trucker protest in Ottawa that galvanized much of his party, O’Toole was defeated on February 2 in a 73-45 vote of the Conservative parliamentary caucus.

The leading contender to replace him is Pierre Poilievre, an MP who represents the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton.