The conservative chief Pierre Hairy meets Tuesday the caucus of his political training to “discuss how to improve” their performance in the medium term, but, in the shorter term, the official opposition will have to choose an elected official to ensure an interim leadership.
Mr. Poilievre lost his headquarters to the municipalities in the last ballot and will have to wait for the triggering of a by -election in an Alberta district to try to make his return.
Political training must therefore determine who will give the reply, in chamber, to the government and will conserve conservative troops within the framework of parliamentary work, which must resume on May 26.
By going to the meeting on Tuesday, which could last all day, Mr. Hairyre reiterated that his team and had to learn from their electoral defeat, even if his political party has been looking for more seats, among others gains
.
We must find ways to send our message to a larger audience […] We must also show our ability to include more people and really share a message, a message of opportunities for everyone.
Tuesday’s meeting is the very first of the conservative caucus since last week’s elections, which brought the Liberals to power for a fourth consecutive mandate, the first under the leadership of Mark Carney.
Last week, several leading conservative deputies expressed their support for Mr. Hairy to stay at the head of the party, even if he failed to be elected in his district of Carleton.
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Conservative chief Pierre Hairy was beaten by his Liberal opponent Bruce Fanjoy in Carleton, a district he had represented since 2004.
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said on Tuesday the re -elected deputy Michael Barrett.
As the conservative chief did, Mr. Barrett stressed that lessons will have to be learned from the result of the election. We are going to have these conservations in Caucus today, but we are really looking forward to getting to work with our extended team and we will seek to enlarge it more while we are advancing
he said, going to meet.
None of the deputies who stopped on their way to answer questions from journalists wanted to advance on the future which will be reserved for Jenni Byrne, who directed Mr. Poilievre’s electoral campaign.
It is a decision for leadership and it is a decision for the caucus, so we will see
was content to assert the neo-Scottish deputy Chris of Entremont.
The conservative elected officials who spoke with the media in turn praised the victory represented by the twenty additional seats won for their party.
I think you have to look at the election in general. It was not bad at all
judged the elected official of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, Richard Martel.
He noted that the Conservatives managed to take a breakthrough in Ontario, in addition to adding two more constituencies to Quebec than those they held in the dissolution of the Chamber. When Mr. Carney arrived […] ses ”odds” rose enormously. But [il] was supposed to scan in Ontario
he said.
Discussions on the parliamentary chief
Despite the support expressed by numerous deputies to Mr. Hairy, the Caucus must think about the person who will take the lead in the House of Commons during the spring session.
Conservative deputies should also discuss the provisions that would allow the members of the Caucus to request a secret ballot vote to revise the party leadership.
It was this mechanism that was used to oust former chief Erin O’Toole after the party failed to beat the Liberals of Justin Trudeau in the 2021 elections.
Mr. Poilievre won the race for the conservative party leadership at the end of 2022 with an overwhelming majority of the votes of the members. He had easily defeated his four opponents, including the former Prime Minister of Quebec Jean Charest.
The deputy elected Damien Kurek announced that he would resign from his siege in the rural district of Battle River-Crowfootin Alberta, to allow Mr. Hairy to present himself to a by -election and to obtain a seat in the House of Commons.
The ballot could take place at the earliest 47 days after the official resignation of Mr. Kurek, but the latter can only withdraw after taking oath as a deputy.
The government has 180 days to convene a by -election, but Prime Minister Mark Carney said last week that he would quickly.
