OTTAWA — Three months after the federal election, Pierre Poilievre’s top advisor Jenni Byrne has broken her silence over the party’s failed bid to form government.

Byrne, a top Conservative operative and Poilievre ally, has been praised for her role in the party leader’s meteoric rise in the polls during the Justin Trudeau era but also criticized for her role in the last federal election that saw the Liberals elected once again.

For the first time since the April 28 election, Byrne spoke at length about the experience on the Beyond a Ballot podcast hosted by Rachael Segal.

Here are five things we learned about the sometimes venerated, often feared and much discussed Conservative operative who was Polievre’s last campaign director.

Suggesting little could have been done to win the ele

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