Former prime minister Kim Campbell called Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre a "liar and a hate-monger," and suggested she won't vote for his party in the next federal election.
Campbell, who was a Progressive Conservative prime minister for just over four months in 1993, made the comments on the "Beyond a Ballot" podcast in an episode released on Thursday to mark International Women's Day.
Asked what she meant by that, Campbell said, "I think he's a liar and a hate-monger, is what I think he is. So that about sums it up."
In response to Campbell’s comments, Poilievre spokesperson Sebastian Skamski told the Star in an email Friday that “Ms. Campbell's own political record speaks for itself.”
Campbell also did not respond to an email asking for her to elaborate on her characterization of Poilievre.
Campbell's broadside occurred during a discussion about current Canadian politics, in which Poilievre's Conservatives are consistently clocking large leads over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals and the other parties in national polls.
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