Don Newman/Policy Magazine: Even those who think a leadership change will be needed don’t want it to happen right away. Choosing a new leader too soon would give the Liberals the opportunity to attack and define that person. A leadership review that started at the end of 2027 or the beginning of 2028 and a new leader picked in the summer or early fall of that year would be better timing. An election would come no later than in the spring of 2029.
Which means Pierre Poilievre will have a lot of time to keep fighting, not only the Carney government but possibly his own caucus as well. The past year has been an eventful one for Mark Carney, but the changes to the Conservative Party may have only just begun…