MPs defect, unity frays and a leadership review looms for the Conservative Leader

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Pierre Poilievre says that 2025 has been a “hell of a year.”

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Sitting in the boardroom of Postmedia’s headquarters for a year-end interview, it’s an interesting reflection on how things have changed since last year’s interview.

In that chat, Poilievre boldly stated that he would defund CBC very quickly if he were elected. Of course, he wasn’t elected, none of the political predictions of a year ago came true, and now he’s giving interviews on CBC.

The Conservative Party is also in flux, two MPs have crossed the floor, another has announced his resignation and more may leave to other political ventures, or worse for Poilievre, join the Liberals and grant Mark Carney a majority. If that happens, Poilievre dismisses the idea that he would or should step down as party leader.

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