(Ottawa) For the second year in a row, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was chosen media personality of the year by The Canadian Press.
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Editors and news chiefs across the country have placed Mr. Poilievre at the top of their list in 2024. He received just over a quarter of the votes among a field of 10 proposed figures.
“The tide has turned against the current government and Pierre Poillievre knew how to exploit the spirit of the times,” declared Wendy Cox, of the Globe and Mail. “Whether this means he will be an effective prime minister or not seems to be beside the point. »
Far ahead of his opponents in the polls throughout the year, Mr. Poilievre is in a good position for the next federal election.
His fierce, carefully crafted rhetoric, precisely targeting the current Prime Minister and the issues Canadians care about, has allowed him to capture the national mood at a time when Canadians are concerned about their finances and their future.
By focusing on the cost of living and Canada’s housing crisis, he dominated the narrative in Ottawa and questioned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership of his Liberal troops.
“Pierre Poilievre continues to lead the conversation in Ottawa, while Justin Trudeau shifts policies in an attempt to catch up,” said Rob Roberts, editor-in-chief of the National Post.
Mr. Poilievre also fattened his party’s election treasury, shattering its previous fundraising records.
The party even won a seat in the Liberal stronghold of Toronto in the Toronto-St. Paul’s in June. The vote had been called to replace former cabinet minister Carolyn Bennett.
The Conservatives, under the leadership of Pierre Poilievre, gridlocked the House of Commons in a protracted procedural battle that prevented the Liberal government from passing most of the bills remaining on its agenda during the fall session.
Every week, Mr. Poilievre seemed to find new ways to attack the government in Parliament. In April, House Speaker Greg Fergus expelled Mr. Poilievre from the Commons for using unparliamentary language when he called Justin Trudeau a “crazy prime minister” and then refused to walk back his remarks.
He has consistently challenged other opposition parties to overturn the minority parliament and go to the polls for an election on the Trudeau government’s flagship environmental policy of carbon pricing.
Pierre Poilievre spent much of his summer crisscrossing Canada on a campaign tour, carrying his rallies and his “shoe tax” message on the road.
And even though his multiple attempts to quickly topple the government this year have failed, Mr. Poilievre seems more ready than ever for the next fight.
“With an election due in just a few months, attention is now focused on what we can expect from the man polls show is our prime minister-in-waiting,” said Ken Kingston, director of information at the 989XFM in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Justin Trudeau landed in second place in the annual poll as he clings tightly to the party’s leadership despite growing discontent within his caucus. The defeat in the Toronto by-elections in June was followed by a defeat in the Montreal riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun for the benefit of the Bloc Québécois in September.
The great star of Quebec song Céline Dion ranked third after returning to the spotlight this year.
She was the center of a documentary about her battle with stiff person syndrome and wowed the world at the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics.
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