Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre waits for the start of a news conference at a farm in Richmond, B.C., on April 9, 2026. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal government to support a House of Commons motion that seeks to protect the property rights of landowners in the wake of the Cowichan Tribes decision in B.C.
The symbolic motion calls for the Liberal government to reverse a federal litigation guideline and require federal lawyers to argue that private property rights take priority over other forms of title. The motion will be put to a vote in Parliament on May 25.
