Lorne Gunter: What's next for Poilievre, and Alberta, after the Liberals' re-election?
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First, a few words about Pierre Poilievre.
There was a statue of Sir John A Macdonald outside Victoria City Hall until it was taken down recently for 'woke' reasons. The sculpture was there because, at one point, Macdonald lost his seat in Kingston and ended up having to represent the B.C. capital instead.
So, while it's a blow to Poilievre to have lost in his own Ottawa-area riding on Monday night, it's not a political death sentence.
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