Raisa Patel and Alex Ballingall, Toronto Star »
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is not the prime minister. As of Tuesday morning, he was not even an MP.
At the nexus of those two outcomes, which just months ago would have been nearly unthinkable, is a maelstrom of questions: How are Conservatives processing the results? Can Poilievre stay on as leader after failing to form government and losing the seat he has represented for more than 20 years? And how can he helm a newly expanded caucus from outside the House of Commons?
Inside the blue tent, Conservatives appear divided on how to answer those questions, according to several who spoke to the Star on Tuesday.
