The grandpas underpinning the “Elbows Up” movement have washed their hands of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for the moment, but it’s their grandchildren who may ultimately decide his political future — and that of his party.
The Conservatives’ weak byelection performance was billed as a defeat, but that was the best possible outcome for Poilievre, at least personally. Dodging a second defeat in a general election denied Poilievre’s increasingly noisy Tory detractors a legitimate reason to bring the knives out despite the absence of a saviour waiting in the wings. Even if they had their golden child lined up, these non-believers must know future Liberal victories are all but guaranteed so long as the NDP wallows in the single digits.
