Pierre Poilievre: A Political Life

This book provides a timely, well researched, look at Pierre Poilievre, current leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Timely because it is likely that Mr. Poilievre will be the next prime minister of Canada. Obviously, this cannot be both comprehensive and timely -- but there is enough background and depth that I found myself getting to know, and to understand, Mr. Poilievre much better.

The book looks at his early political life, which started when he was a teenager, and follows his career to the present day. We see his constituency work in an Ottawa riding, his work as Parliamentary secretary to various ministers and get a glimpse into his personal life and family. We get insight into his political philosophy. I didn't detect show more any strong bias in the book; the author has treated his subject fairly, in my opinion.

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