‘Breaking down the doors’: Carney’s Liberals draw strong nomination buzz, but critics flag appointment trend

Mark Carney's Liberals risk repeating the Pierre Poilievre Conservatives’ past mistake by bypassing contested nominations, say Liberal sources.
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives for the Liberal party caucus meeting in West Block with newly elected MPs Doly Begum, left, Danielle Martin and Tatiana Auguste on April 15, 2026.

With Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals now in a majority government and holding a double-digit lead in public opinion polls, the governing party is drawing strong interest from potential nomination candidates for the next election cycle. But some long-time Liberals are...

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