Pierre Poilievre‘s address to the federal Conservative party conference on Sept. 8 in Quebec City was one of the most effective and important political speeches in this country in many years. It was amusing, hard-hitting, well delivered, comprehensive, and except for Brian Mulroney and the Trudeaus, Poilievre is the most fluently bilingual leader any Canadian political party has had since Louis St. Laurent. The most important aspect of it was that it was an authentic conservative speech skillfully crafted to attract broad support. Except for Stephen Harper and Andrew Scheer, the federal Conservative and Progressive Conservative leaders since George drew (who retired in 1956), were only marginally to the right of the Liberals.
