Poilievre will need disciplined aggressiveness

Pierre Poilievre will inject some much-needed grit into the Conservative Party’s political identity, but aggressiveness will have to be strategic.

Pierre Poilievre is a badass leader and exactly what Conservatives want right now; they want a leader who’s willing to mix it up with his opponents, who’s willing to vigorously defend conservatism, and who’s prepared to stand up to the ‘Laurentian elites,’ writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

OAKVILLE, ONT.—Now that the dust has settled in the Conservative Party leadership race, I think it’s safe to look back on it all and say: Pierre Poilievre triumphed because of his personality.

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