Canada
Meet the combative populist on a path to become Canada’s next leader
If the polls hold, Pierre Poilievre will emerge as the next prime minister after Justin Trudeau’s announcement he would resign once his party decides on a successor.
“Do it,’’ Poilievre shot back as the House speaker struggled to restore calm and pleaded that lawmakers respect “the rules that we have.’’
In parliament, he called a leftist opposition leader and former Trudeau supporter “a fake, a phony, a fraud,’’ ... [6834 chars]