Canada's Conservatives set to embrace populist to take on Trudeau

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves after a cabinet shuffle in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Conservatives next month look set to embrace a career politician who has promised to fire the central bank governor and promoted bitcoin as an inflation hedge to become its fourth leader since 2020.

Having lost three consecutive elections to Liberal Justin Trudeau since 2015, the Conservative Party is keen for a leader like Pierre Poilievre, who is a skilled communicator and unabashedly right leaning, said one strategist who expects him to cruise to victory.