Althia Raj/Toronto Star: Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to follow in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s footsteps and strip the ability of his party’s members across the country to weigh-in on his leadership should he fail to win the next election.
…The proposal mirrors a Conservative party policy, which saw only convention delegates cast a ballot over Poilievre’s future. The approach lowers the bar for the leader, allows party executives to more easily influence the process, and is yet another example of Carney’s centralizing tendencies…