Toronto | Until a few months ago, Pierre Poilievre was seen as a shoo-in to become Canada’s next prime minister and shepherd his Conservative Party back into power for the first time in a decade. Then, President Donald Trump declared economic war on the US’s neighbour to the north and even threatened to make Canada the 51st state.
Poilievre, a career politician and firebrand populist, has campaigned with Trump-like braggadocio, even taking a page from the “America First” president by adopting the slogan “Canada First”. But his similarities to Trump might cost him the chance to become prime minister when Canadians head to the polls on April 28.
