The Poilievre divide: Ontario MP preferred leader for Conservatives but not CanadiansOTTAWA — Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre remains the heavy favourite to be the next Conservative party leader but he trails opponent Jean Charest for support among Canadians as a whole. Among the remaining candidates, Ontario MP Leslyn Lewis was supported by six per cent, Ontario MP Scott Aitchison by two per cent, and former Ontario provincial politician Roman Baber by one per cent. In a June Leger poll, Poilievre also had 44 per cent support among Conservatives, Charest had the backing of 14 per cent and Brown was supported by four per cent. In Ontario, the Conservatives have 37 of the 121 seats available, and need to do better in the most populous province to form government. "With a Charest victory, the math would not be the same," he said.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2022 08:52 UTC