Juno News - January 30, 2026


CPC delegates reject limiting nomination votes to citizens only

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Michael Bay Tim Apple
Doug Ford REFUSES to support Poilievre ahead of leadership vote Conservatives vote on Pierre Poilievre's leadership

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1 minute

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312

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24

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4

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5

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Should non-citizens be allowed to be members of the Conservative Party? Is this a good or bad idea? Should non-Canadian permanent residents be allowed in the party? Is it something that should be debated at the next convention?

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00:00:00.000 Should non-citizens be allowed to be members of the party? 1.00
00:00:02.820 Today at the Conservative Convention, members voted on that,
00:00:05.300 and it was defeated thanks to Tim Uppel's vote.
00:00:07.500 I just voted to allow the status quo.
00:00:11.580 So do you feel that non-citizens should be allowed to vote on internal CPC elections?
00:00:17.360 No, it's just a matter of should they have a membership.
00:00:20.420 And it's important that we include Canadians of all different backgrounds
00:00:24.300 and different perspectives to be a part of this large tent party
00:00:27.860 that's going to be governing sometime soon.
00:00:33.140 So do you feel that non-citizens should be allowed to be members of the party? 0.99
00:00:37.100 No, I don't think any people born outside this country
00:00:40.480 should be allowed to work in any positions of power within our government.
00:00:44.820 Absolutely not.
00:00:46.040 It leaves the door open for conflicts of interest.
00:00:50.100 I mean, we see Michael Baugh, we see all these foreigners come in and flip like that. 1.00
00:00:53.280 I don't want any foreigners working as members of parliament. 1.00
00:00:57.240 If they want to come here, their kids have kids here who become Canadian citizens. 0.97
00:01:01.660 They could work in the government.
00:01:02.900 Absolutely.
00:01:04.380 But you cannot come to this country, immigrate here, and then work in the government. 1.00
00:01:08.120 This is, like, foolish. 1.00
00:01:09.120 It's foolish policy. 1.00
00:01:10.940 It's a national security risk. 0.99
00:01:13.260 Oh, my gosh.
00:01:13.960 So I actually came here this morning and was looking through the Constitution votes
00:01:19.160 because this is something that actually came forward at the UCP convention
00:01:23.100 and that permanent residents wouldn't qualify for membership.
00:01:28.340 It passed resoundingly.
00:01:29.660 It also passed in Saskatchewan.
00:01:31.840 So I understand I wasn't in the room when this was voted on,
00:01:34.800 but that it failed by a small margin.
00:01:37.420 So I'm actually surprised by that.
00:01:40.320 But we'll see what happens next time, I guess.
00:01:42.760 I suspect that people will bring that conversation back in the next convention.