'This is a scam': Poilievre wants rules changed to stop long ballot protests

How the Longest Ballot protests seek to impose an unwanted and unworkable future on Canada

Proportional representation is a recipe for the very things Canadians abhor in politics: unstable coalition governments beholden to fringe parties, a permanent political class insulated from accountability, and a system where the direct link between a voter and their local representative is severed.

'This is a scam': Poilievre wants rules changed to stop long ballot protests

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he wants Canada's election laws changed to prevent long ballot protests — as he is set to face another one next month.

Poilievre Facing 58 Opponents So Far in Alberta Byelection Targeted by Long Ballot Protest

It will be déjà vu for Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre when he contends for a House of Commons seat next month, as a protest movement again loads up the ballot in his sought-after riding with dozens of candidates. The Longest Ballot Committee announced its intention to target the byelection in the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot weeks ago. The group is well on its way to meeting its goal. Fifty-four candidates tied to the group had official…