#CANADA: Quebec MP Leaves Conservatives Over New Party Leader's "Leadership Style"

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Alain Rayes, the MP for the Quebec riding of Richmond–Arthabaska, said Tuesday he is leaving the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent. Rayes cited a clash of values with new conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre's leadership style. 

Rayes had backed Jean Charest in the leadership contest that ended last week. Charest came in a distant second in the contest.

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#CANADA: Federal Conservatives Choose Pierre Poilievre to Lead Them

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Canada’s Conservative Party has chosen a populist career politician to be its next leader, betting on Pierre Poilievre to take on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s Liberals after a series of electoral defeats.

Poilievre’s victory was a foregone conclusion for months, as most opinion polls ahead of the party convention on Saturday night showed his firebrand political rhetoric resonated with members – and gave him a comfortable lead over his closest rival, the more centrist Jean Charest.

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#CANADA: Journalist Suggests Conservative MP Be "Shot" Like a Lame Horse

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Journalist Dale Smith, an official member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery which grants exclusive access privileges to the best-of-the-best Canadian and international journalists in the House of Commons, appears to have drawn a direct line between a question posed today by MP Garnett Genuis and shooting an animal.

Smith tweeted, "Genuis tries to includes lyrics from “Bohemian Rhapsody” in his question, and I cannot adequately tell you how lame it is. When horses are this lame, you shoot them.

Former Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer tweeted in response, "Dale, you are using a violent metaphor invoking an image of shooting someone you disagree with. You are a member of the parliamentary press gallery. If a Conservative MP did something like this, you would be the first to demand their resignation. You are a complete hypocrite." 

Current Party Chairman Pierre Poilievre tweeted, 

"So a member of the press gallery tweets that a Conservative MP should be shot. Where is the outrage? Have the Prime Minister or journalists condemned this incitement to violence?"

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#CANADA: Patrick Brown Booted From Conservative Leadership Race

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Brampton, Ontario Mayor Patrick Brown, in a bizarre turn of events, has been disqualified from the Conservative Party leadership race.

The party’s Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) released a statement late Tuesday after a hastily called meeting, claiming grave violations of party rules and the Canada Elections Act by Brown’s campaign. They did not release any details on the allegations and said the party would not be commenting further.

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