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Pierre Poilievre Goes Abroad to Shore Up Support at Home

Plus: Halter tops and skorts made Andrew Lutfy rich

Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada's Conservative Party, speaks during the Conservative Party of Canada convention in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. Canada's opposition Conservative Party voted to hand a fresh endorsement to its leader Poilievre nine months after a shock election which saw him narrowly lose to Mark Carney's Liberal Party.Photographer: Allison Seto/Bloomberg

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By Brian Platt

March 20, 2026 at 8:56 PM UTC

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If Prime Minister Mark Carney has a reputation as a globe-trotting elite who wows the Davos crowd, his main rival, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, has a decidedly different profile.

Conventional wisdom in Canada holds that Poilievre lost to Carney in the 2025 election primarily because voters were focused on who was best to handle Donald Trump, while the Conservative leader talked about tax cuts, housing prices and crime. Poilievre has long prioritized domestic concerns over foreign affairs.