Playbook Canada

Poilievre called Canada broken. Now he’s selling hope | John Concannon

June 11, 2026·26 min
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Pierre Poilievre skips the governor general's installation and heads to Calgary with a new pitch: project hope, not project fear. Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric break down his bid to talk Alberta separatists out of leaving, and what it means for a Conservative leader who spent years calling Canada broken. Plus, Justin Trudeau works a red carpet with Katy Perry, and Mark Carney heads to his ancestral home of County Mayo ahead of next week’s G7 summit.

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