Distrustful of each other, Liberals and Conservatives preparing for potential spring showdown, by abbas_rana1 cdnpoli (unlocked)
In unheld ridings, the Liberal Party has started to accept requests for nomination packages from potential candidates.By entering your email address you consent to receive email from The Hill Times containing news, analysis, updates and offers.
However, some Liberal MPs are unhappy with the nomination rules, because they think the March 1 deadline is too tight, and that the party should have given them until July of next year to meet all the conditions. Or, the party should have informed them about these conditions a couple of months ago. They explained that now that COVID numbers are going up significantly, it could become next to impossible for them to hold indoor fundraisers in the coming winter months.
“At the end of the day, if a Member of Parliament wants to get that nomination by doing this, they’re actually having to ensure that you’re doing some work that’s going to keep them in touch with their constituents [that] they represent,” said Lamoureux, parliamentary secretary to the government House leader, in an interview withLiberal MP Kevin Lamoureux says he will easily meet the nomination criteria set by the party for incumbent Liberal MPs.
The average age of a minority government in Canada is 18-24 months, and March will be the 18-month mark for Justin Trudeau’s current minority government. Currently, the Liberals and the NDP are working under a confidence-and-supply agreement which will allow the Liberals to govern until the next scheduled election in 2025 in return for progress on key NDP priorities like dental care and pharmacare, among others.
As recently as late last month, riding association presidents in unheld ridings had been told by party officials to look for candidates “ASAP,” according to Conservative sources.
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