Speculation abounds over who is waiting to take over the party

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Is Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre a dead man walking? Perhaps not yet, but after MP Michael Ma’s shock floor crossing last week, he is certainly limping. The defection reignited the conversation about Poilievre’s leadership that started at budget time, when Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont defected to the Liberals and fellow MP Matt Jeneroux resigned to sit as an independent, bringing the Liberals within sight of a majority government.

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Are more crossings possible? “I expect two more, at least,” one Conservative caucus member told National Post. “Poilievre will continue to die a death of 1,000........

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