Former prime minister Brian Mulroney told CTV’s Question Period he’s impressed with new Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre — who’s been on the job for nearly a month — but that he cautioned him to tack closer to the political centre if he hopes to win a general election.
“I thought he was very good,” Mulroney said of the first time he watched Poilievre in the House of Commons as the official leader of the Opposition. “He developed a sense of humour, and he thinks on his feet, which is indispensable for a successful opposition leader or prime minister.”Capital Dispatch: Sign up for in-depth political coverage of Parliament Hill
But Mulroney also warned the new Conservative Party leader will likely have to “set aside” some of the “extraneous things” he campaigned on: threatening to fire the governor of the Bank of Canada, supporting the trucker protests, and encouraging Canadians to “opt out” of inflation using cryptocurrency.
“I did say to him — which is pretty obvious — you cannot, in this country, get elected from the extreme left or the extreme right. It can't happen. We have 155 years of history to prove it,” he added. “What you see is what you get,” Byrne said. "What you should expect to hear from Pierre is exactly what he's talking about."
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