© Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre wants public servants to communicate in plain language. Pierre Poilievre is waging one of his final battles in the Conservative leadership race — one in which even his main rival is onside. In a video posted to social media on Thursday, the apparent front-runner promises to enact a "Plain Language Law" that he said would bring an end to government jargon, including in legislative documents. "Unfortunately," he continued, "our governments do nothing but add and add and add paperwork and forms and endless red tape." The former cabinet minister is an elder statesman in the movement, the party says, having led the erstwhile federal Progressive Conservative party into a merger with the Canadian Alliance in 2003, which birthed the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2022 23:42 UTC