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Clock’s ticking for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
Poilievre lost his long-held Ottawa Carleton seat in April’s federal election that saw Mark Carney’s Liberals form a minority government. He now has a new challenge before him: win a seat in Battle River-Crowfoot — previously considered safe and vacated for him by Damien Kurek — in a byelection scheduled for Aug. 18.
Candidates from other parties like the Liberals and NDP will be running for the seat as well. Also vying for the seat is Independent Bonnie Critchley, a veteran and resident in the riding. And then there are the more than a hundred other candidates signed up to oppose Poilievre in a candidate drive organized by Longest Ballot Committee.
It’s a considerable reversal of fortune for Poilievre, who has led the Conservatives since 2022 and at one point had 25-point lead over the Liberals.
And even if he wins this byelection, there are larger questions hanging over his leadership. How long can he hold sway over an opposition party that’s cycled through five leaders and lost four consecutive federal elections over the last decade? How long can he run things before the knives start coming out? And what will the Conservative Party of Canada look like post-Poilievre?
With this in mind, we want to ask:
Will Poilievre survive his Alberta byelection?
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