Marc Mayrand and Pierre Poilievre

Pierre Poilievre: The democratic reform minister stood by his heavily criticized bill even as some Conservative senators said they got the impression during a private meeting with Poilievre on Tuesday that he's open to amendments, according to Times Colonist. Among those who've denounced various elements of the sweeping bill are Marc Mayrand, the country's chief electoral officer, and Yves Cote, the elections commissioner who enforces election laws and investigates possible breaches and Pierre Poilievre insisted Wednesday that his controversial overhaul of federal election laws is "terrific" just the way it is, despite almost universal condemnation by electoral experts in Canada and abroad. The senators hastened to add that they personally don't think amendments are necessary. And they, along with Conservative MPs, dismissed critics as being ill-informed, hysterical or resistant to change. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.