Hogue says nominations a ‘gateway’ for foreign interference, but Marland says parties ‘wary about the state having rules limiting what they do’
Jacques Shore, a former director of research for Security Intelligence Review Committee, said he ‘applauds’ Parliament for passing C-70, but said ‘we missed an opportunity’ by not also bringing nominations under the Canada Elections Act.
‘Loose’ nominations need tightening to combat foreign interference, say political players
While NSICOP’s report isn’t the first to spotlight weak nomination rules, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor says he is confident Bill C-70 will provide the tools to ‘counter the threat’. The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ redacted report examined intelligence on foreign state meddling in Canada’s democratic processes over the past six years. It is explosive.
Former Conservative MP Lemieux to duke it out with his own ex-staffer Séguin for nomination in Prescott-Russell-Cumberland, Ont.
Julie Séguin, who worked in Pierre Lemieux’s constituency office and who now works for Conservative MP Tako Van Popta, is running for her party’s nomination in Prescott-Russell-Cumberland.
Parties should ‘govern themselves’ but must better regulate nominations and voter data, says former candidate Maddeaux
Digital privacy expert Colin Bennett says complaints of improper use of Conservative voter lists in the York region riding contest offer a ‘real-life example’ of the problems with parties self-regulating their nomination races.
Former ministerial staffer Church and Global Affairs official Richardson seek coveted Liberal nomination of Toronto-St. Paul’s
The May 1 Liberal nomination contest will elect the party’s candidate for the yet-to-be-scheduled byelection.
Only 89 of 156 Liberal MPs have so far been nominated for next election, a year after deadline
Nine cabinet ministers and the national caucus chair still have not met the nomination conditions, raising questions how many Liberal MPs are not seeking re-election in 2025.
Two GTA Conservative ridings call out party’s top brass for ‘interference’ in nominations, but HQ denies allegations
Georgetown Councillor D’Arcy Keene has launched his Conservative nomination campaign in the newly created riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South, Ont.
Almost a year after deadline, less than half of incumbent Liberal MPs have been nominated for the next election
Down in the polls and way behind the Conservatives in fundraising, the federal Liberal Party has given MPs until next month to fulfil the nomination conditions if they want to be candidates without going though the stressful nomination process, according to two Liberal sources. But the party also said if MPs need more time, it will be flexible.
New rule: incumbent Conservative MPs whose ridings changed 25 per cent or more will have to go through nomination contests
A dozen current Conservative MPs have failed to meet the nomination conditions set by the party in 2022, according to a senior Conservative.
‘The party wants this riding very badly’: at least 22 candidates consider run for Tory nomination in Liberal-held riding of Pickering-Uxbridge, Ont.
The Greater Toronto Area riding is a target for the Conservatives in the next election, say potential candidates Anthony Yacub and Raveenie Rajasingham.
