Top Conservative strategist says Poilievre needs to urgently pivot or he will lose [View all]

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Conservative leader is acting too 'Trump-y' and needs to make a change, says strategist

One of the country's top Conservative strategists who just helped Ontario Premier Doug Ford win a sizable majority government says Pierre Poilievre urgently needs to make a pivot and start talking more about the issue voters care about most — the U.S. threat — or he risks losing the federal election.

In an interview with CBC News, Kory Teneycke said only weeks ago Poilievre was on track to win a massive majority government, and now every major pollster in the country says it's the Liberals who are set to win big. If an election were held today, the Conservatives would lose, Teneycke said.

He said it's because of U.S. President Donald Trump — and the Conservative Party's inadequate messaging around what it would do to try and stop his tariffs and annexationist threats.

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Teneycke said Poilievre acts and sounds too much like the president, with his pet names for his political opponents ("Carbon tax Carney&quot and catchy sloganeering ("big beautiful bring it home tax cut&quot , and it's off-putting to voters the party needs to win.

"It all sounds too Trump-y for a lot of voters," Teneycke said.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/top-conservative-strategist-poilievre-lose-1.7495524

Really good read and has dire predictions for the Cons and this from a dyed-in-the-wool Con strategist.