(Ottawa) Will Pierre Hairy Grade hang and remain head of the Conservative Party of Canada until his election in a district of Alberta? His caucus must decide on Monday if he prevails a legislative provision allowing him to show the door to his chief.
Posted at 10:28 a.m.
This is the first meeting of the conservative caucus since the federal election which gave a fourth term to the Liberals, a minority for the third time in a row. When he arrived in Parliament, Pierre Hairy gave few indications on the changes he intended to bring following his electoral defeat.
Its campaign director, Jenni Byrne, known for her iron grip, is shown to finger by certain deputies in an article in National Post. They attribute the chief’s defeat to him in his own district in Ottawa and the fact that the party has failed to obtain a number of seats sufficient to form the government. Mr. Poilievre went to his defense.
“She has accomplished hard work and our team is proud,” he said. We have expanded our support and our team. We have 25 new deputies, but we have to go further. So we are going to enlarge our team, and this is one of the points we will talk about today. »»
“We have to expand our team, we must find ways to get our message across to a larger audience of people,” said Mr. Hairyvre in a press scrum. We must also show our ability to include more people and really share an opportunity message for everyone. »»
He believes that the message conveyed by the party during the electoral campaign was “in general, the right message”.
“Not perfect, but a good message and we know because the liberals have stolen several elements,” he said.
The deputy Bernard Generous, re-elected in the district of Côte-du-Sud-Rivière-du-Loup-Kataskomiq-Témiscouata, does not believe that the chief or his personality, considered rigid by some, are involved in defeat.
-“I lost in 2011 by nine votes. I took a very big lesson in humility at that time, then it allowed me to come back stronger in 2015 and I have been there since, ”he said.
Although he had managed to elect more deputies, Mr. Polievre lost by more than 4,500 votes in the district of Carleton in Ottawa which he had represented for 20 years. Elected Albertain Damien Kurek offered to release his seat in Battle River – Crowfoot where the conservative chief will try to be elected during a by -election.
Conservative deputies must decide on Monday if they will prevent a legislative provision which would eventually allow the Caucus to show him the door. There 2014 law establishing reforms Allows a parliamentary group to expel one of their members if 20 % of the Caucus claim that its membership be examined and that it is approved by a majority of them during a secret vote.
All parties with more than 12 deputies must decide whether these articles will apply for the rest of the legislative session.
On Monday, Pierre Poilievre mainly attributed the defeat of his party to the fact that the Electoral Card of Canada changed “draconianly”.
“It could still change, but for the moment, it is more and more like a card with two parties where to obtain 41 %-by passing the best result we have had since 1988-was not enough to form a government,” he said.
“We must ask ourselves how to keep the 8 million people who voted for us. It is barely 2.5 million more than the previous time, but also how to add about a million additional votes to allow us to cross the finish line, “he added.
He intends to spend “a large part of the summer” to listen to people to identify those who could vote conservative during the next federal election.
