Pierre Poilievre elected Conservative leader on first ballot with 68%
Conservative members have elected Pierre Poilievre as their new leader. The Conservative party announced the results of this year’s leadership race before members in Ottawa Saturday evening.
On one hand he's the sort of carrer politician that chases poling and focus groups and will say whatever his advisors tell him is popular, so this is largely inconsequential.
On the other hand the fact that his advisors are telling him to say these things speaks more positively of the Canadian citizenry than I've dared hope in a long time.