SO LONG, OTTAWA —He's all staffed up in the nation's capital. His political nemesis has been preoccupied with world leaders. Parliament is still weeks away from revving up. So PIERRE POILIEVRE is hitting the road. And he's out to build a new voter coalition. STEPHANIE DUNLOP runs the Tory leader's road show. ARPAN KHANNA is his outreach chair. Their fingerprints are all over Poilievre’s frenetic first road trip of 2023. — Oh, the places he'll show: The Tory leader celebrated Christmas with Toronto's Armenian community on Jan. 6, took in a performance of Markham's Xinhua choir and marked the coming Lunar New Year, darted between Orthodox Christmas events in the GTA, showed up for a Vietnamese new year party, visited Scarborough and Markham for Tamil Heritage Month, and spoke at an anniversary event for the victims of Flight PS752 on Jan. 8. Poilievre also met the other half at a fancy fundraiser at the posh Toronto Club. — Go west: Poilievre found himself in familiar territory last week, rallying a room in Timmins, Ont., with former leadership candidate SCOTT AITCHISON as his opener. Then it was on to Winnipeg to thank volunteers and find time for the Filipino community, the pro-hunting provincial wildlife federation, the Association of Black Conservatives, provincial immigration minister JON REYES, and a spate of sit-down interviews. He also addressed the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a think tank known for social policy that runs outside the mainstream — including that residential schools were far less harmful than the broad consensus reached by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and countless survivors of the institutions. Poilievre snuck in a fundraiser at a mansion in Winnipeg's wealthiest neighborhood. — Quebec-bound: The Tory leader is in Montreal today. He'll pop in at an evening fundraiser hosted by former star candidate AGOP EVEREKLIAN. THE ONE PERCENT — Guest lists for Poilievre's January fundraisers are still a mystery. But Elections Canada recently published a list of attendees for a Forest Hill event last month where the party leader rallied the top-dollar troops. DAVID CYNAMON and MICHAEL LIEBROCK co-hosted the affair replete with real estate executives, investment bankers, philanthropists and an assortment of donors with postal codes in nearby Rosedale and Yorkville. That night in Toronto attracted two Jackmans, a Weston and a Bronfman — a masterclass in intergenerational wealth — as well as the managing partner of a firm dedicated to sustaining the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Oh, for the good old days when C$1,700 wasn't all they could give. Here's who was on the list: → GEORDIE DAGLISH, grandson of GARFIELD WESTON and first cousin of Loblaw CEO GALEN WESTON JR. → BRUCE BRONFMAN, a cousin of prominent Liberal fundraiser STEPHEN BRONFMAN and descendant of Seagram's founder SAMUEL BRONFMAN. → Two children of the late billionaire HENRY JACKMAN: DUNCAN, chair of the Empire Life insurance giant; and TRINITY, a trained archaeologist. → STEVEN and PAULA ALBIANI, major players at Stratum — a firm where the goal is to "improve and protect the asset value of affluent Canadian families." They work to "provide for maximum inheritance or philanthropic initiatives by creating wealth and transitioning it in the most tax advantaged way." → FRANK STRONACH, Magna auto parts magnate; DONALD J. WALKER, a former Magna CEO; ALEXANDER SERPER, VP of real estate development at the Stronach Group; and MICHAEL GALEGO, CEO of the agricultural division at the Stronach Group. — Political players: HAMISH MARSHALL, a key player in the Poilievre leadership campaign; KATHRYN MARSHALL, an employment and human rights lawyer; AMANDA PHILP, a former chief of staff to then-Ontario trade minister JIM WILSON (and spouse of ANDREW KIMBER, president of JENNI BYRNE + Associates); JAIME WATT, executive chair of Navigator; KYLE JACOBS, a senior consultant at Navigator and former issues manager for DOUG FORD; WALID ABOU-HAMDE, VP corporate affairs and partnerships at Skilled Trades Ontario; retired Sen. LINDA FRUM; former MP MICHAEL LEVITT; and DEREK VANSTONE, former Harper deputy chief of staff. — Also on the list: GLORIA EPSTEIN, a retired judge of the Superior Court of Ontario once rumored to be in the running for a Harper-era Supreme Court vacancy; AVA YASKIEL, a consultant who left Ottawa in 2021 after three years as associate deputy minister of finance — including a stint repping Canada at G-7 and G-20 meetings; and DAVID RICHMOND-PECK, an actor who once played a Canadian U.N. representative in "Pacific Rim."
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