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Convoy support could help Poilievre’s leadership bid, but populist support can cut both ways

Geoff Norquay, who backs Jean Charest, says the next federal Conservative leader will have to position the party in a more 'centrist, and less populist' direction if it hopes to form government.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, pictured Feb. 14, 2022, in the Commons foyer before Question Period. Andrew Enns, the Winnipeg-based executive vice-president of Léger, said the Conservative leadership contest is driven by selling memberships, and Poilievre could attract new voters for the party—and supporters for his bid to lead the party—by targeting 'the low-hanging membership fruit associated with the Freedom Convoy.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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