Poilievre says Conservatives’ affordability focus unites party as Tories manage latest defection

CBC: Poilievre denied that his leadership was a problem. Instead, he accused the prime minister of “trying to manipulate his way through backroom deals to get that majority.”

“My message to Mark Carney is that you want a costly majority government to drive up taxes and deficits, then you have to go to the Canadian people and have them vote for it, not do it by dirty backroom deals,” Poilievre told host Rosemary Barton…