Conservative Damien Kurek says he’ll step aside for Poilievre but by law he has to wait [Video]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has already taken a trip out to the Alberta riding he hopes to represent, after losing the Ottawa-area seat he held for more than two decades in last week’s general election.

On Friday, Battle River-Crowfoot MP Damien Kurek announced he’ll step aside so Poilievre can run in the riding, considered one of the safest Conservative seats in the country. 

But Poilievre will have to wait at least 30 days for that to happen, and likely more.

According to the Office of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Members of Parliament can’t resign their seat until 30 days after their election result is published in the Canada Gazette, the federal government’s official publication. 

After the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, it took about a month before the chief electoral officer’s validated results were published in gazette. CBC News has asked Elections Canada when it expects to publish results this time around. 

The Parliament of Canada Act sets out when a …