The former PM made his thoughts public in a post on social media.
Actually, no one was wondering who Harper was supporting, everyone knew. Harper’s dislike of Jean Charest has been well documented and none of the other candidates have a hope of winning or have any connection to him.
“Pierre Poilievre was a strong minister in my government. In the past several years he’s been our party’s most vocal and effective critic of the Trudeau liberals,” Harper said.Article content Harper said these are the reasons why Poilievre has such strong support inside the Conservative caucus and why he’s attracted so many new members, including many young people, to the party and movement.
The endorsement comes after some polling that likely had the Charest camp feeling pretty good and hoping they could use the numbers for momentum and convince any undecided voters unsure of Poilievre’s style.Article contentshowed both Poilievre and Charest beating Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in a hypothetical match-up. Each man would attract 34% voters support according to the poll but do so in different ways.
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