CONSERVATIVES TO ANNOUNCE NEW LEADER ON SEPTEMBER 10th, Giving Time For More Candidates To Join The Race.

Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: The Conservative Party of Canada will announce its new leader on Sept. 10, a move that opens up the race to candidates other than the presumed front-runner and only declared contender so far, Pierre Poilievre. 



Leadership contenders will have until June 3 to sign up new members, the Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) announced in a release late Wednesday night. 



Supporters of Poilievre had pushed for a shorter race that would make it harder for other would-be leadership contenders to gain momentum.



Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest, once the leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives, is also considering a run for the leadership.