Poilievre built a new Conservative party. He'll need to build another: Full Comment podcast
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The big election surprise was that the Conservatives can do so well and still lose. Leader Pierre Poilievre created a new Tory coalition, sweeping up working-class NDPers and anti-establishment People's party voters, as Brian Lilley discusses with Tasha Kheiriddin and Stuart Thomson from Postmedia's Political Hack newsletter. But Poilievre now needs even more to beat the Liberals — which means building bridges with moderate conservatives he's shunned. That likely includes people in the laptop class, like those in Carleton who voted him out of his long-held seat, and provincial Tories (even the antagonistic Doug Ford). The panel also considers who'll lead the NDP now; why U.S. President Donald Trump's warming to Prime Minister Mark Carney; and whether Carney will ever get warm with the West. (Recorded May 2, 2025.)
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