Canada's new minister of state for democratic reform is making an announcement in Ottawa, his first since taking over the portfolio in the recent cabinet shuffle,.


Pierre Poilievre is scheduled to make the announcement at 3 p.m. ET on Parliament Hill. CBCNews.ca is taking the announcement live.


Poilievre, once known as the government's attack dog when he answered questions on behalf of the government in the House of Commons, is now the lead minister overseeing some of the Conservative government's priority policies, including electoral reform and senate reform.


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