OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre would not contest Quebec’s controversial French-language law in a Supreme Court challenge if the Conservatives form government, he said Saturday, as he declared “provinces have the right to make their own laws.”
Poilievre’s announcement came the same day his path to power narrowed as NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh ruled out propping up a Conservative government in a minority Parliament, but left open the prospect of supporting Mark Carney’s Liberals.
Singh’s position means Poilievre would now likely have to seek an alliance with the separatist Bloc Québécois should the Conservatives win the most seats in the election but fail to form a majority government.
