Conservative leader Poilievre to face leadership review at policy convention, likely in January
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre responds to the speech from the throne during a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will face a leadership review vote, likely in January, at a full Conservative Party of Canada policy convention in Calgary, CTV News has learned.
The Globe and Mail first reported the story.
The exact dates of the convention have yet to be confirmed.
The Conservatives picked up 22 seats in the last election and won more than eight million votes nation-wide, but Poilievre lost his own seat, which he had held since 2004.
Poilievre is set to run in the Alberta riding of Battle River–Crowfoot in a byelection — likely to be held this summer — after Conservative MP Damien Kurek stepped aside to allow the Conservative leader another shot at winning a seat.
CTV News has asked the party for official comment.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Toronto Star
11 minutes ago
- Toronto Star
UK lawmakers consider decriminalizing abortion amid concern about increasing prosecution of women
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers are preparing to debate proposals to decriminalize abortion amid concerns that police are using antiquated laws to prosecute women who end their own pregnancies. The House of Commons on Tuesday is scheduled to consider two amendments to a broader crime bill that would bar the prosecution of women who take steps to end their pregnancies at any stage.
Winnipeg Free Press
18 minutes ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
UK lawmakers consider decriminalizing abortion amid concern about increasing prosecution of women
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers are preparing to debate proposals to decriminalize abortion amid concerns that police are using antiquated laws to prosecute women who end their own pregnancies. The House of Commons on Tuesday is scheduled to consider two amendments to a broader crime bill that would bar the prosecution of women who take steps to end their pregnancies at any stage. Tonia Antoniazzi, the Labour member of Parliament who introduced one of the amendments, said change is needed because police have investigated more than 100 women for suspected illegal abortions over the past five years, including some who suffered natural miscarriages and stillbirths. 'This is just wrong,' she said ahead of the debate. 'It's a waste of taxpayers' money, it's a waste of the judiciary's time, and it's not in the public interest.' Doctors can legally carry out abortions in England, Scotland and Wales up to 24 weeks, and beyond that under special circumstances, such as when the life of the mother is in danger. Abortion in Northern Ireland was decriminalized in 2019. Changes in the law implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic allow women to receive abortion pills through the mail and terminate their own pregnancies at home within the first 10 weeks. That has led to a handful of widely publicized cases in which women were prosecuted for illegally obtaining abortion pills and using them to end their own pregnancies after 24 weeks or more. A second amendment would go even further than Antoniazzi's proposal, barring the prosecution of medical professionals and others who help women abort their fetuses. Anti-abortion groups oppose both measures, arguing that they will open the door to abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy. 'Unborn babies will have any remaining protection stripped away, and women will be left at the mercy of abusers,' said Alithea Williams, public policy manager for the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, which describes itself as the U.K.'s biggest pro-life campaign group.
CBC
30 minutes ago
- CBC
Ford, Chow set to speak at joint announcement in Toronto on Tuesday
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow will be speaking at a news conference on Tuesday morning in Toronto, the premier's office said. They will be joined by Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria, and Minister of Infrastructure Kinga Surma, spokesperson Hannah Jensen said. The conference is expected to be related to transit. It is set to begin at 8:45 a.m. This comes after Ford returned from a meeting in Boston on Monday, along with four other Canadian premiers, to discuss trade with some northeastern U.S. governors. The governors and premiers discussed the impacts of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and how U.S. and Canadian leaders "can continue to work together to maintain economic relations that benefit local businesses and residents," according to a news release ahead of the event from the host, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey. Speaking to reports Monday afternoon, Ford said he's spoken to leaders from around the world who are "dumbfounded" by Trump's rhetoric.
