Recent polls suggest the Liberals and the Conservatives are still running neck-and-neck.
Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida wave on stage after he was announced as the winner of the Conservative Party of Canada leadership vote in Ottawa on Saturday.
The rising cost of living was a key talking point for Poilievre throughout his campaign, going so far as to promise to fire the governor of the Bank of Canada for failing to rein in inflation. Petipas Taylor was joined by Liberal MP Rachel Bendayan, who went a bit further, criticizing Poilievre for lacking substance and focusing on "punchy one liners and dog whistle politics."Poilievre took in 68 per cent of the available points on the first ballot in the party's ranked ballot leadership election.Of the 338 electoral districts in Canada, Poilievre lost only eight to his main opponent, former Quebec premier Jean Charest.
Congratulations, @PierrePoilievre, on being elected Leader of the Conservative Party tonight. As Parliamentarians, we must work together to deliver results for people across the country. Canadians expect – and deserve – nothing less.Poilievre will be the third leader to take up the mantle after former prime minister Stephen Harper resigned following the party's 2015 election loss to the Trudeau Liberals.
Scheer resigned a weeks after failing to unseat the Liberals in the 2019 election, and O'Toole was ousted by his own caucus earlier this year.
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