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Poilievre Keeps Hold on Conservative Leadership as Convention Exposes Policy Rifts

Delegate votes showed broad support for ending DEI programs alongside a failed, narrow push to enshrine opposition to the conversion-therapy ban.

Overview

  • Pierre Poilievre secured 87.4% in the leadership review at the Calgary convention after striking a more measured tone in his keynote.
  • Delegates approved a resolution to end DEI programs and restore a so‑called meritocracy with roughly 90% support.
  • A motion to codify opposition to Bill C‑4, the federal conversion‑therapy ban, won about 52% of delegate votes but failed the party’s double‑majority rule across jurisdictions.
  • Majorities in Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, and the territories blocked the policy from becoming official.
  • The split vote underscored tension between social conservative organizers pushing changes on LGBTQ2S+ issues and party voices warning against divisive policies.