Poilievre Declines Severance Pay Offered to MPs Who Lose Seats

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to journalists as he arrives on Parliament Hill for a meeting of the Conservative caucus following the federal election, in Ottawa on May 6, 2025. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has turned down severance pay that is available to members of Parliament who lose their seats.

Poilievre lost his Carleton riding in Ottawa in the recent federal election, which he had held for 20 years. He is now planning to run for the Alberta seat of Battle River-Crowfoot, after Conservative MP Damien Kurek offered to step down so Poilievre could run in a byelection in the riding.