Federal nomination contests yield candidates beholden to party leaders, not constituents, say ex-MPs

Former Liberal cabinet minister Sheila Copps says when the central party tips the scales it 'poisons the well.' This means fewer people 'are going to believe that their vote has any value,' says Rachel Gilliland, who was rejected from seeking a Tory nomination.

Party leaders like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have too many MPs who owe their positions to them because the nomination process gives too much control to the central party, say former nomination candidates.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA

September 2, 2024

The nomination process in federal parties is significantly flawed and actively undermining democracy, yielding candidates who are beholden to party leaders, not to the constituents they represent, which raises questions about the integrity of the process, says a former nine-...

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