When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Trailing by the numbers, Pierre Poilievre is not changing his tune.

This column has gone straight to the man. Some have written him off. You would think it would be too early in the game to write an obituary.

The Conservative leader is not opting to change his pitch to Canadians because some Conservatives are panicking and heading for the lifeboats in a ballot battle not over until the last week of this month.

Some of these folks are saying Poilievre and his party are headed for disaster.

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The leader stands his ground.

He will not try to stoke........

© Calgary Herald