Andrew Scheer will replace Pierre Hairy as acting parliamentary chief from the official opposition and give the reply to Mark Carney while waiting for the conservative chief to find a seat in the House of Commons.
Mr. Poilievre lost his headquarters to the municipalities during the election to represent the district of Carleton last week. He will have to wait for the triggering of a by -election in an Albertaian district to try to make his return. Without siege, he cannot hold the post of opposition chief in Parliament.
Mr. Poilievre met the Caucus on Tuesday of his political training to determine “how to improve” their performance in the medium term, but, in the shorter term, the official opposition had to choose an elected official to ensure temporary leadership.
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. Poilievre to stay at the head of the party.
Open in full screen
Conservative chief Pierre Hairy was beaten by his Liberal opponent Bruce Fanjoy in Carleton, a district he had represented since 2004.
Photo : Reuters / Patrick Doyle
-By -elections
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.
An unstoppable movement has developed under the direction of [Poilievre]and I know that we need Pierre to fight in the House of Commons to request accounts from the Liberal minority government.
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.
Never mind, the conservative chief, who described Kurek’s decision toaltruistic
has already made a trip on Monday, in the Albertaian district which he hopes to represent.
The government has 180 days to convene a by -election, but Prime Minister Mark Carney said last week that he would quickly.
Parliamentary work must resume on May 26.
Pierre Hairyvre could therefore be back at the head of the opposition and face Prime Minister Carney during the fall session.
With information from the Canadian press and Catherine Tunney of CBC News
