The party had lost a remarkable 27-point lead in opinion polls and failed to win an election for the fourth time in a row. "An unstoppable movement has grown under his leadership, and I know we need Pierre fighting in the House of Commons," Kurek said in a statement. The federal and provincial Conservative parties are legally different entities, though they belong to the same ideological tent, and Ford is leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party. But Mr Chambers, the Conservative strategist, said that Poilievre will also need to confront where the party fell short. Reuters Federal Conservatives have blamed Ontario leader Doug Ford, another conservative, for their loss