affordability and taxes

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre walks a familiar tightrope: holding a base that increasingly wants lower immigration while still courting immigrant-heavy GTA ridings with a message anchored in affordability, taxes, and “no more hyphens.” (Credit: conservative.ca)

February 5, 2026

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COMMENT: Holding the West, winning the GTA: Poilievre’s high-wire immigrant tight-rope challenge

Poilievre faces Harper’s old tightrope: reassure anti-immigration conservatives without alienating immigrant voters in the GTA