LILLEY: Pierre Poilievre under pressure as Conservative caucus cracks

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

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.

Pierre Poilievre under pressure as Conservative caucus cracks

The Sun's Adrienne Batra, Brian Lilley and Lorrie Goldstein say Conservative MPs crossing the floor to the Liberals is not what Canadian voted for.

Mark Carney just got one step closer to the kind of power Canadians didn’t vote for — and the Conservatives are furious.

On this episode of Inside Politics, Winnipeg Sun columnist Kevin Klein sat down with political scientist Royce Koop and lawyer Lawrence Pinsky, KC, to tear into the latest Ottawa bombshell: another Conservative MP has crossed the floor to join the Liberals, pushing Carney to within one seat of a majority.

And the timing? So bad it feels like satire.

Koop pointed out the political optics were brutal: the MP attended the Conservative Christmas party, posed for photos with Pierre Poilievre… and hours later showed up as part of the Liberal team. Klein zeroed in on the detail lighting up social media: the MP was wearing a red tie — a small splash of colour now being treated like a giant warning sign.

But behind the fashion jokes........

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