Former Conservative PM Stephen Harper endorses Pierre Poilievre for party leader

Former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has endorsed Pierre Poilievre to be the party’s next leader.

Harper, who didn’t get involved in the Tories’ 2017 and 2020 leadership races, shared a video on Twitter on Monday discussing his endorsement.

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— Stephen Harper (@stephenharper) July 26, 2022

Harper said Poilievre stands out among all of the candidates in the race.

The former prime minister said Poilievre served as a strong minister under him when the Conservatives were last in power, before being defeated by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015.

Harper’s endorsement comes with less than two months left in the race, and as party members are in the process of filling out their mail-in ballots.