On Monday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said the Conservatives will give judges the power to sentence people who've been convicted of multiple murders to consecutive life sentences, with parole ineligibility beyond 25 years. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2022 that imposing consecutive life sentences violates an offender's Charter rights. To get around that, Poilievre said he would use the notwithstanding clause, which allows the government to override Charter rights for a limited time.