Conservative MP Scott Aitchison will resign his seat in Parliament after the fall session, the representative for Parry Sound – Muskoka said in a statement Wednesday.
“I have made the difficult decision to resign my seat following the conclusion of the fall parliamentary session. After 30 years of public life, it is time for a new chapter where I will explore new opportunities,” Aitchison said in a statement posted to social media.
Aitchison will be the eighth MP to leave Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative caucus since the 2025 election, as Global News reported on Tuesday.
The Hill Times first reported that Aitchison was likely to resign his seat.
Aitchison thanked the voters in his riding, as well as his caucus colleagues, including Poilievre.
“To my caucus colleagues and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, it has been a privilege to serve alongside you. I have been fortunate to meet Canadians from coast-to-coast who are counting on us to champion efforts to make life more affordable for all Canadians. I know you will continue this mission,” he said.
Poilievre thanked Aitchison for his service to the party, his community and to Canada.
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“Scott is a friend, a dedicated public servant and a man who cares deeply about the people he represents,” Poilievre said in a statement.
Aitchison, 53, was first elected in 2019, taking over the Ontario cottage country riding that had been held by Tony Clement from 2006 to 2019.
The riding should be considered a relatively safe Conservative seat though Liberal Andy Mitchell held the riding from 1993 to 2006 and made it into former prime minister Paul Martin’s cabinet.
Since the spring of 2025, four MPs deserted the Conservative benches to sit with Mark Carney’s Liberals; one left to sit in the Senate as an independent; and three, including Aitchison, have simply quit politics.
There are currently six vacant seats in the House of Commons and, when Aitchison steps down, there will be seven.
–With files from Global’s David Akin
Anon,
Google “Jamil Javani” “negotiate”. You will clearly see all parties involved describe him as an advocate, not negotiator. Advocate is like being a fan at a hockey game. You are rooting for the home team, you’re not making roster decisions.
Anon, you clearly don’t know what negotiations consist of. He spoke to the US administration, but he was not part of any negotiations. He did not represent the government, nor could he since he is not aware of any government positions. Both parties confirmed that. He went down there in a personal capacity. The same when Ford and the Association of Premiers stepped up when Trudeau prorouged parliament.
Speaking of carrying water, the media scared the public enough so we would believe that tariffs caused all of our problems even before any tariffs came into play. The more malleable Canadians bought the hysteria, with some famously looking for “Canadian orange juice” in stores as early as Feb 2025. And all this fear worked, leading to Carney being elected.
The reality is that most of our economic issues predate tariffs. Do you know what the below companies have in common;
Lowes, Target, Sears, Hudson Bay, Kleenex, Zellers, Bed Bath and Beyond, Nortsrom, AMC, Ballys Fitness, Disney Store, JCrew, Le Chateau, Johnston & Murphy.
Those are just a small selection of all the companies that closed shop or left Canada completely, and all before any tariffs came in play.
106,000 Canadians left Canada in 2024, a 57 year record.
All thanks to the Lost Liberal Decade.
@Anonymous. Jamil Javani the con MP said publicly his purpose was to help negotiate a trade deal with the US. How does it feel to be wrong so many times? Continue carrying water for Trump/PP
Under the liberals our national debt has doubled to 1.4 TRILLION dollars.
Under the liberals homelessness, drug addiction and foodbank visits are at all time record highs.
Highest grocery inflation costs in the world despite Carney saying “judge me by the prices at the grocery stores”
Weakest G7 military.
Only G20 nation in a recession.
Still no trade deal.
Uncontrolled mass immigration.
Quick, quick, another article about the Conservatives and Pierre to distract 😂
Absolutely embarrassing and disgusting.
Just keep those elbows up 🤡
Ben shut up. Pierre would be our PM right now with a majority had Trump not agitated people with tariffs. Our media helped by constantly inferring that our conservatives are like American republicans. And a MP can have a personal relationship with an American politician. And you are wrong, no negotiations were attempted by that MP. There were also no negotiations by anyone period during the first several months of the Trump administration because our parliament was prorouged for no reason other than to save the LPC from oblivion, all while rehabilitating Carney’s image while he was stealing policies from Pierre
I listen to Aitichson during the 2022 leadership debates. He didn’t impress me and wanted to keep the consumer carbon tax like O’Toole. He didn’t sound like.a Conservative in my opinion.
The conservatives and their leader need to change. Poilievre or his successor has to stop acting like Trump, and he needs to discipline-for example- caucus members who go off to the US to negotiate. The conservative party is broken, not Canada, and not the media. Stiffen up and take responsibility.
Aitchison had sour grapes as he didn’t get the Conservative Leadership position back in 2022. Naturally he has an axe to grind with PP since then. Just like Otoole became a Carney bootlicker after the Conservative caucus kicked him out that was definitely deserved.
Nine isn’t?
@Common:
Of course as soon as you call others “morons” you misspell a grade three word. On topic much?
Of course the morons at Global word this as if it’s an exodus. So biased.
Soon you’ll learn that your thinking is in the minority. The boomer days are ending.
Who cares what Elbows Up Carney Liberals want for the Conservative Leader. They voted for Trudeau three times and Clowney once so obviously they have seriously low standards.
Carney for Nobel for what? Not getting the deal he promised over a year ago. I am sure the Stelco workers totally love Carney now’s
Probably a pal of Carneys. See ya.
man the lifeboats!
If PP is so bad then why did Carney do a 180 and copy so many of PP’s from the moment he ran to replace JT?
Carney is up for Time: Man of the Year as well as the Nobel.
PP? Who wore it best contest for Liberace gowns.
@Jack: diverting again with stupidity and giggling?
The article is about people sick of PP having a mansion for doing NOTHING!
What are old style Conservatives? You mean like Jean Charest….lol
Funny how Elbows Up Carney Liberals say they like some Conservative MPs after they resign. But before, they spewed insults like calling this MP Maple MAGA or other insults This MP lost the Party Leadership to PP so naturally his grapes were sour. Just like when D’Entremont lost the Speaker Position.
I’m not a conservative but that party has real problems and in order for parliament to work proper we need strong parties of every colour
Strong change is needed
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@DaSilva: Can’t you read that this isn’t about your god Carney?
All the old style conservatives that were capable of working with EVERYONE are quitting on Pollivre.
stop trying to divert from the ice burg.
To, Jack DeSilva:
How true, but the quote is:
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common, they should both be changed regularly and for the same reason.
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often. Look how bad the Liberals have messed up Canada after 10 years.
PP just isn’t part of the old Canadian way.
This retiring Con was.
He was well liked because he saw value in Canadians of all stripes pulling together to get work done.
No whining. Cracked jokes. Did stuff.
Old school Canada
Time for the Conservatives to look in the mirror and change there ways.
The media is against them as they are being played as separatists due to Danielle Smith and here rhetoric even though she claims that she wants to be part of Canada but still allows a useless referendum that will amount to a complete waste of money.
The Media portrays them as MAGA north with zero evidence as they are not the government. They have created the fear that the Conservatives will be like the Trump administration but that is not the case.
Democracy in Canada is failing under the present government and will continue to do so with the influence from the left leaning Media and the fear mongering for the Right leaning.
Right on…..right on….right on. Another bites the dust. The house of freedom convoys is crumbling! Looking like Swiss cheese…..soon to be null and void once they admit Pierre was finished over a year ago….or whenever Jagmeet resigned!
This Con worked with everybody so PP couldn’t work with him.
PP is a very bad joke.
100 dollar boom-boom. Me love you long time.
Liberals would have been decimated had they and Singh not delayed the last election, and prorouged parliament instead of negotiating with the incoming Trump administration. They sacrificed our nation to save their party. We had no one negotiating for months, and for months they sabrerattled to turn an external threat into a viable way to secure votes.
And people clap and cheer the erosion of our democracy.
Ben come up from the basement