Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters outside of West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 15, 2025. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is asking the federal government to introduce changes to Canada’s election rules to make it harder for protest groups to flood ridings with inauthentic candidates.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said in a July 22 letter to Liberal House leader Steve MacKinnon that the Longest Ballot Committee protest movement is confusing voters and undermining democracy after it signed up more than 100 candidates to run in next month’s byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot riding, where Poilievre is seeking to regain a seat in the House of Commons.
