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Poilievre’s Conservatives are using the ‘selfie’ video to remake the Canadian political conversation

OTTAWA — It used to be that whenever news broke on Parliament Hill, politicians would run to the news reporters to get a quote in the newspaper or on TV.

Not anymore. In the era of TikTok and YouTube, they pick up their phones and start livestreaming.

Call it the Poilievre effect.

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