Policy and politics are different beasts. It's not clear to me what sort of policy chops Poilievre has since he didn't really do all that much as a cabinet minister in the Harper Era and its while in government that politicians are able to demonstrate if they have a policy mindset. As an opposition leader he mostly seems interested in trying to embed catchy slogans in Canadians minds, but its also not super advisable politically to talk specific policies 1+ years out from an election.
Harper was definitely a policy wonk, he took an actual interest in the tools the government has available and how to use them. Just because you don't like what he was trying to achieve doesn't mean he wasn't a wonk.
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