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Vaughn Palmer: Poilievre-Elliott tiff has conservatives in a tizzy

Has the federal Conservative leader undermined his position with divisive comments about B.C. party's leadership race?

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VICTORIA — Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre provoked a backlash this week with an ill-advised comment on the outcome of the race for the leadership of the B.C. party of the same name.

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At a party event in Calgary, Poilievre took note of the presence of the new leader of the B.C. Conservatives, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, hailing her as the “future premier of B.C.”

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So far so good and right on message. However, Poilievre couldn’t resist adding that Findlay was “fresh off a big win against Liberal lobbyists from out east.”

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