In addition to selecting an interim Opposition leader on May 6 while Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre remains without a seat in the House of Commons, Tory MPs also voted to invoke the federal Reform Act, which allows for a secret-ballot vote to review party leadership at any time.
While many Conservative MPs have expressed their support for Poilievre, the legislation could haunt him as he gets ready for the next federal election.
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The Reform Act, which was introduced by Conservative MP Michael Chong in 2014 and enacted by Parliament in 2015, increased the power and independence of MPs by allowing them to trigger a leadership review, expel an MP from caucus, or elect or remove a caucus chair. The leadership review and MP expulsion processes can happen if 20 percent of the caucus votes in favour of them….