There aren’t many stories these days where all sides of the political spectrum come together and agree on something. But I found one this morning.

The Jim Pattison Group is under fire for selling a building in Virginia to U.S. Homeland Security, who plan to convert it to an ICE processing facility.

And it’s not just Canadians who aren’t loving that. The Globe and Mail reports that residents living near the warehouse are also against the sale. But for different reasons.

People on the left: upset about ICE violating people’s human rights in their backyard.

People on the right: upset the new warehouse owner isn’t bringing local jobs.

At least they agree. I’ll take that.

Back to Canada, today’s feature breaks down whether the Conservative Party should dump Pierre Poilievre. On one hand, he boosted the party’s total seat count by 25. On the other, he not only lost the election (despite having a massive lead in the polls), he failed to win his own seat.

The party meets this week in Calgary to figure it out.

-Neil Malik

Pierre Poilievre is excellent at one thing, and – from what he’s demonstrated so far – one thing only: playing opposition in an angry and distrustful political environment.

The problem is that Canada is no longer in a purely hostile protest phase. Canadians are facing uncertain times, and when voters want reassurance, he offers outrage. When they want solutions, he offers slogans.

Poilievre remains deeply popular where it actually counts right now: inside the Conservative Party.

He unified a fractious conservative movement that spent years eating itself alive before and during the pandemic. He rebuilt the party’s fundraising machine. He modernized its digital outreach. He gave activists a clear story that continues to resonate with his base: Canada is broken, elites broke it, and he can fix it.