OTTAWA — You don’t need to look much further than Pierre Poilievre’s social media to see the sort of dilemma the Conservative leader is facing.
Earlier this month, he praised U.S. President Donald Trump for his extraordinary capture of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro. Two weeks later, he condemned the same president’s threats to acquire sovereign Greenland and backed Canada’s obligations as a member of the NATO alliance.
It’s not that it’s out of bounds for a political leader to see value in one move and denounce another. It’s that each response rankled different factions within the Conservative tent.
