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CBC: Pierre Poilievre announces bid for Conservative Party leadership  

Ottawa-area MP is the 1st to jump into the race to replace Erin O'Toole 

Ottawa-area MP Pierre Poilievre has announced he will officially seek the leadership of the federal Conservative Party. 

Poilievre made the announcement in a video he shared via Twitter on Saturday evening that also takes aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

"Trudeau thinks he's your boss. He's got it backwards. You are the boss. That's why I'm running for prime minister," he said in the video. 

Poilievre, 42, becomes the first candidate seeking to replace Erin O'Toole, who was voted out as leader earlier this week. 

Born in Calgary, Poilievre has been MP for the Ottawa riding of Carleton since 2004, and held a number of cabinet positions under then Prime Minister Stephen Harper.  

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Update: Race for the next Conservative leader begins as Poilievre announces his bid (CTV News/Canadian Press)  

WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. Pierre Poilievre is going to win the Canadian Conservative Party leadership in a cakewalk. 

He is tremendously popular within the Conservative Party, and it is his for the taking. 

As to how will he perform in the next election? 

He is an experienced politician, but he is also young (he is 42 years old). He is fluently bilingual, and he is intellectually very sharp and effective in debates. As a debater he is one of the best that I have seen in a long time. And while he is ideologically a Conservative, his focus will be on economic issues not social issues. 

He is also a strong supporter of the truckers.

But Pierre Poilievre will be going up against Prime Minister Trudeau who has the advantage of name recognition, experience, a unified Liberal Party behind him, and a lot of support from the media and special interest groups. 

Bottom line. 

Canadian politics has suddenly become very interesting.