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New book on Poilievre: "He’s an angry teenager in the body of a grown man"

New book on Poilievre: "He’s an angry teenager in the body of a grown man"

Poilievre is good at creating a fictional storyline that demonizes his opponents but with Trump threatening Canada's sovereignty, voters want a leader that can deal with challenges in the real world.

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Opinion: Why Pierre Poilievre can't crack the Quebec code - The Globe and  Mail
NDP voters are flocking to Carney to stop Poilievre and there is little the Conservative leader can do about it.

The quote in the title line of this post is from Ripper, a portrait of Pierre Poilievre by the writer Mark Bourrie. The book weighs in at 437 pages and is none to kind to the Conservative leader.

But it is far from a hatchet job. Bourrie apprec…

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