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Globe and Mail
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Globe and Mail
Conservatives to gather in Calgary next January
Federal Conservatives will hold their national convention next January in Calgary, the party has announced. Conservatives won 24 additional seats in the April 28 election, but failed to win power despite leading in public-opinion polling for many months ahead of the vote. Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his Ottawa-area seat in the election to a rookie Liberal, will face a vote on his leadership during the Jan. 29 to 31 convention at the Telus Centre. Mark Carney, who won the Liberal leadership and became Prime Minister in March, led the Liberals to their fourth consecutive term, winning a minority government. Alberta Conservative Damien Kurek has officially resigned as MP for his Battle River-Crowfoot riding so Mr. Poilievre can run there and gain access to the House of Commons. Robyn Urback: In his new riding, Pierre Poilievre will be stuck between a rock and a separatist place Stephen Harper was the last Conservative leader to lose an election and face a leadership vote. In 2005, he won the support of 84 per cent of party members. In a statement, the party president said Calgary was a good venue for the convention gathering. 'Calgary is a dynamic, entrepreneurial and growing city that reflects this Conservative Party, and is the perfect place to gather together,' said Stephen Barber. The federal election has left the Conservatives with 143 seats in the House of Commons while the Liberals are governing with 169 seats. The Bloc Québécois has 22 seats, the NDP seven and there is one member of the Green Party.
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Conservatives to hold national convention Jan. 29-31 in Calgary
The Conservative Party of Canada's next national convention will be held in Calgary from Jan. 29 to 31, the party announced Friday. Stephen Barber, president of the party's national council, said in a statement that he was "thrilled" to host Conservatives from across the country in what he said was "a dynamic, entrepreneurial and growing city that reflects this Conservative Party." The party said Prime Minister Mark Carney is on the "same destructive Liberal path" of overspending, over-taxing and over-regulating the lives of Canadians — and that the convention will be an opportunity to address that. Conservatives across the country will use the convention to "identify areas of growth and opportunity to continue the incredible momentum we've gained over the last few years," the party said in a statement. While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre did manage to increase his party's seat count on election night, boosting his caucus to 144 MPs, he blew a 25-point lead in the polls in the months before the election, and lost his own Ottawa riding of Carleton. Despite that result, Poilievre announced he would stay on as leader. When a Conservative leader does not resign following an election loss, the party's constitution requires party members to vote on whether that leader should keep their job at the next national convention. Having lost his seat to Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy, Poilievre must win in a byelection in order to re-enter the House and assume the role of Opposition leader. Poilievre remains leader of the party, but former leader Andrew Scheer is currently filling the role of Opposition leader in the House. In May, Battle River-Crowfoot MP Damien Kurek said he would step aside to allow Poilievre to run in his Alberta riding, which is considered one of the safest Conservative seats in the country. Kurek first won the seat of Battle River-Crowfoot in 2019 and was re-elected this year with almost 82 per cent of the vote. Kurek officially resigned on Tuesday, after the mandatory waiting period following the election had passed. A byelection can now be called as early as this month, and must be called within 180 days. While Carney could delay Poilievre's return to the House, the prime minister said following his election victory that he'd call the race to bring the Conservative leader back to the House swiftly. "I will ensure that it happens as soon as possible. No games, nothing," he said.
CBC
15 hours ago
- Politics
- CBC
Conservatives to hold national convention Jan. 29-31 in Calgary
The Conservative Party of Canada's next national convention will be held in Calgary from Jan. 29 to 31, the party announced Friday. Stephen Barber, president of the party's national council, said in a statement that he was "thrilled" to host Conservatives from across the country in what he said was "a dynamic, entrepreneurial and growing city that reflects this Conservative Party." The party said Prime Minister Mark Carney is on the "same destructive Liberal path" of overspending, over-taxing and over-regulating the lives of Canadians — and that the convention will be an opportunity to address that. Conservatives across the country will use the convention to "identify areas of growth and opportunity to continue the incredible momentum we've gained over the last few years," the party said in a statement. While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre did manage to increase his party's seat count on election night, boosting his caucus to 144 MPs, he blew a 25-point lead in the polls in the months before the election, and lost his own Ottawa riding of Carleton. Despite that result, Poilievre announced he would stay on as leader. When a Conservative leader does not resign following an election loss, the party's constitution requires party members to vote on whether that leader should keep their job at the next national convention. Having lost his seat to Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy, Poilievre must win in a byelection in order to re-enter the House and assume the role of Opposition leader. Poilievre remains leader of the party, but former leader Andrew Scheer is currently filling the role of Opposition leader in the House. In May, Battle River-Crowfoot MP Damien Kurek said he would step aside to allow Poilievre to run in his Alberta riding, which is considered one of the safest Conservative seats in the country. Kurek first won the seat of Battle River-Crowfoot in 2019 and was re-elected this year with almost 82 per cent of the vote. Kurek officially resigned on Tuesday, after the mandatory waiting period following the election had passed. A byelection can now be called as early as this month, and must be called within 180 days. While Carney could delay Poilievre's return to the House, the prime minister said following his election victory that he'd call the race to bring the Conservative leader back to the House swiftly. "I will ensure that it happens as soon as possible. No games, nothing," he said.
CTV News
29-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
‘Sharing ideas, sharing wins': Final preparations for the 2025 Rotary International Convention underway
Co-chairs of the 2025 Rotary International Convention, Craig Stokke and Mark Starratt talk with Sydney Boll about final preparations for the five-day event beginning June 21. The 2025 Rotary International Convention kicks off June 21 and will see more than 15,000 Rotarians from 120 countries converge on Calgary for five days. Local Rotary clubs won the right to host the annual event ten years ago. 'It's been a long journey for sure,' said Craig Stokke, convention co-chair. 'You know going from sort of the planting the seed and thinking about what may be and how the city got behind it and the communities got behind Rotarians, everybody's really excited.' Stokke says it's a chance to show off Calgary to international visitors but also raise awareness locally with people in the city and surrounding area who are not familiar with Rotary. 'There's a lot of charities out there that may not know what we do,' he said. 'And there's a lot of people I think that want to give back to the community but they don't know how to do it and they don't really have an avenue so just getting that exposure about Rotary and what we do in the community, I think is really important.' Mark Starratt, convention co-chair, says the annual event is designed for participants to share ideas and talk about projects they have in the works. But at it's core it's a gathering of people with like mind who want to make a difference. 'It's about sharing projects, sharing ideas, sharing wins and how we've impacted the communities around the world,' he said. 'But at the end of the day it's about just helping our communities be better.' Starratt says Rotary has been in part of Calgary and area's community for over 100 years and it's an organization that's working along side many other great organizations to build community and to add to everyday life here. 'From seniors to youth to new immigrant populations, just the sky's the limit in terms of the rich service that we've done,' he said. 'And the convention coming to Calgary allows us to show this on an international stage.' Stokke says close to 1,500 people have signed up to volunteer for the five days of the convention. He talked to other organizers around the world who recommended that Calgary have at least 400 volunteers to help it run smoothly. 'That's not Calgary, that's not what we do,' he said. 'We want to make sure that from the time somebody gets off the plane until the time that they leave, they know they're in Calgary, they know that they're taken care of.' In the final weeks before the convention begins, Stokke says all the 'heavy lifting' has been done. 'It's the little things now that matter and making sure that we cross the T's and dot the I's and we know that we're going to put on an amazing event,' he said. Learn more about the event here.
