Who Is Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Leader on a Path to Become Canadas Next Prime Minister?

Pierre Poilievre, the man who is the favorite to become Canada’s next leader, has painted his country as “broken” and ridden with “crime and chaos.” He has derided Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a “wacko” and his ministers as “crazy,’’ “disastrous,’’ “incompetent and discredited.’’In Parliament, he called a leftist opposition leader and former Trudeau supporter “a fake, a phony and a fraud’’ and a “sellout.’’ Enraged, the leader stood up from his seat, walked into the aisle, and yelled, “I’m right here, bro.”“Do it,’’ Mr.Poilievre shot back as the House speaker struggled to restore calm and pleaded that lawmakers respect “the rules that we have.’’Mr.

Poilievre, 45, the opposition Conservative Party leader, has been stretching the rules in Canada’s political discourse with a combative, attack-driven style and an anti-elite, populist message that has been described as authentic by supporters and Trumpian by critics.So far, it’s worked.For the past year, Mr.Poilievre and his party have enjoyed a double-digit lead in the polls over Mr.

Trudeau and his Liberal Party.If the polls hold, Mr.

Poilievre will emerge as the next prime minister in a general election that must be held by October but will most likely be held in the spring after Mr.Trudeau’s announcement on Monday that he would resign as party leader and prime minister once his party decides on a successor.A career politician long known as a fierce attack-dog for his party, with an instinctive sense of the themes that resonate among voters, Mr.

Poilievre has successfully pummeled the unpopular Mr.Trudeau in the past year and made him appear out of touch.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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