The explosion in Conservative membership sales could significantly shake up the party’s grassroots as well as the long-standing power dynamics between various factions, multiple sources tell Global News.
The biggest beneficiary of that shake-up would likely be Pierre Poilievre, the purported frontrunner to lead the Conservative Party of Canada into the next general election. Read more: Pierre Poilievre may face heavy fine with plan to skip Conservative leadership debate “This will be Pierre Poilievre’s party.
There’s no question,” said one Conservative source. The source is not affiliated with the Poilievre campaign, but has direct knowledge of the party’s membership list of eligible leadership voters. “Erin (O’Toole) and Andrew (Scheer) never commanded it like he will.
And … based on everything he’s said in the past and everything he’s run on in this campaign, the Reform Party is finally taking over.” “This will be the most right-wing leader we’ve ever seen in our country’s history,” the source added.