Poilievre’s Mistake and Manitoba’s Warning | Winnipeg News

Winnipieg News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 7, 2026 · 2m

Pierre Poilievre’s gamble to court fringe right-wing voters backfired spectacularly, alienating moderates and handing the Liberals a landslide. Now, with polls showing Liberals far ahead and even conservative voters preferring the Liberals’ leader, Poilievre doubles down with increasingly divisive rhetoric — a strategy that could doom his party. Manitoba’s Tories face the same crisis: a leadership split between rural conservatives and urban moderates, culminating in a socially conservative candidate’s exit after being disqualified from running. While this risks fracturing the non-NDP vote, it…