Conservatives, Poilievre seek to carry convention momentum back into Parliament

By Craig Lord Political analysts say the federal Conservatives and leader Pierre Poilievre have momentum coming off a unifying convention in Calgary but the party still has a hill to climb in Parliament to one-up Prime Minster Mark Carney and the Liberals. The Conservatives wrapped up their three-day national convention on Saturday touting party unity. Poilievre easily passed his mandatory leadership review with 87.4 per cent support from delegates. Pollster Nik Nanos said Poilievre’s result was “quite striking.” He said the test should put an end to talk that the Conservative leader doesn’t have a firm grasp of the party after a tough 2025 that saw the party raise its vote share but lose the spring election. A pair of MPs — Chris d’Entremont and Michael Ma — also crossed…

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