Days after Conservative MPs ousted Erin O’Toole as leader, Pierre Poilievre has announced his intention to replace him. The party’s high-profile finance critic already has the support of many fellow Conservative MPs, and is considered a natural front-runner, but does he have what it takes to attract more voters to the big blue tent? ‘West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson puts that question to former Conservative cabinet minister John Baird.
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