Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a campaign rally, in Penticton, B.C., on April 5.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

Kaleigh Rogers is a Canadian freelance journalist based in New York who reported on the Stop the Steal movement in the United States.

Before he puts too much weight on the attendance of his political rallies, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre might want to talk to Beyoncé. Specifically, he might want to ask her about the 30,000-person rally for former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris that the pop superstar spoke at, just days before Ms. Harris lost the 2024 election. At the time, that event also probably felt like a sign of “a movement like we’ve never seen,” in Mr. Poilievre’s words.

In an echo of U.S. President Donald Trump, Mr. Poilievre has recently been emphasizing the sizes of his rally crowds in what seems to be an attempt to counter the polling numbers in the Canadian election race, which have been stubbornly stable throughout the campaign and show a Liberal........

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