In the last two Conservative leadership races, the supposed front-runners stumbled before reaching the finish line. This time, however, the front-runner is only showing signs of gaining ground.
Swelling crowd counts and MP endorsements aren’t ironclad guarantees of success, but they certainly don’t hurt. And Pierre Poilievre — with his populist appeals to frustration with government “gatekeepers” and calls to make Canada “the freest country on earth” — is doing well on both those measures.
The CBC has tacitly declared Poilievre’s support to be “white supremacist” by describing his campaign as the “Trumpification” of Canadian politics based on one or two twitter comments by fellow travelers. “Trumpification” is the liberal left dog whistle for their racism toward white people.
