Poilievre can be a ‘strong’ leader but uniting Tories is a challenge: former minister
Global News
Pierre Poilievre, the Tories’ finance critic, has become the first candidate to launch his bid for the Conservative Party’s top spot after MPs forced Erin O'Toole out.
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre’s announcement Saturday to run for the party’s leadership and Canada’s next prime minister is being widely endorsed by fellow Tory members of Parliament.
Poilievre, the Tories’ finance critic, has become the first candidate to launch his bid for the Conservative Party of Canada’s top spot after MPs forced Erin O’Toole out of the position this past week.
Among those who pledged their support to the Ottawa-area MP is John Baird, a former federal Conservative cabinet minister.
In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson Sunday, Baird said Poilievre has the qualities to be a “very strong leader,” but unifying a fractured Conservative Party will be a challenge.
“He’s someone who I think will galvanize Conservatives, not just in the parliamentary caucus, but across the country and galvanize Canadians,” said Baird, who served as the minister of foreign affairs from 2011 to 2015 under then-prime minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet.
In a three-minute video released on social media Saturday evening, Poilievre didn’t mention the Conservative Party by name or the contest, saying only that he wants the job as prime minister.
The race to replace O’Toole, who was ousted by Conservative MPs in a vote on Wednesday, is well underway with thousands of new memberships sold, a source told Global News on Friday.
Anger against O’Toole’s leadership had been simmering for months, sparked by September’s disappointing election results.
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