Conservative MP Andrew Scheer will serve as the interim Opposition leader in the House of Commons while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre waits for a by-election in Alberta to secure a seat in Parliament.
“I’ll be taking over the parliamentary leadership duties of the caucus until Mr. Poilievre rejoins us in the House,” Scheer, a former leader of the party, told reporters following a caucus meeting on May 6.
Scheer previously served as Canada’s youngest House speaker before becoming leader of Conservatives from 2017 to 2020.
The Conservative caucus also voted to adopt the Reform Act, which allows it to ask for a secret-ballot vote to review its party leadership. …