Federal Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre has tapped Langley-Fraser Heights MP Tako van Popta to lead a new internal party task force on private property rights.

Poilievre announced the appointment of van Popta in an open letter to the MP on Thursday, April 23.

The Conservative leader referenced the Cowichan Tribes v. Canada court decision last year, which found that the First Nation’s rights to 732 acres of land in Richmond was “prior and senior” to other rights, including potentially that of private landowners.

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