B.C. Conservative EDA wants end to top-down nominations

The party can choose a fair nomination process or winnable candidates, but it can’t have both, a senior Conservative recently told The Hill Times.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will undergo a leadership review at the party's next convention, the same meeting where the Burnaby North-Seymour, B.C., riding association plans to propose an amendment calling for more grassroots influence in the candidate nomination process.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

September 15, 2025

A British Columbia Conservative riding association has put forward a resolution for the next convention calling for more influence at the riding level to ensure a fairer process for nominations after dozens of candidates were appointed during the last general election c...

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