Canada's Conservatives keep Poilievre as leader despite election loss

Members of Canada’s Conservative opposition party voted to keep Perre Poilievre as the party’s leader despite his election loss last year and recent defections. Poilievre recieved 87.4% support in a leadership review vote at the party’s convention in Calgary, Alberta. Poilievre lost the last election to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals in April and even his own seat in Parliament, but has since rejoined the House of Commons. More recently two Conservative lawmakers have defected to the Liberals, leaving Carney’s Liberals one seat shy of a majority government and being able to pass any bill without the support of an opposition party.