The dismantling of conservatism started with Harper, not Poilievre
In these pages and elsewhere, opinion writers have rightly criticized Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for attacking the leadership of the RCMP for not arresting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
This is given as one example of how Poilievre’s overall approach to leading the party has been critiqued for straying from the conservative foundations established by John A. Macdonald and carried through John Diefenbaker and Brian Mulroney to Stephen Harper — an impressive and respected lineage that remained unbroken until the arrival of Poilievre.
This argument, however, misrepresents the history of the current Conservative Party of Canada (CPC)
