Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal government to introduce changes to Canada's election rules that would curb long ballot protests.

Poilievre wrote a letter to government House leader Steven MacKinnon on Tuesday saying legislation should be brought before the House of Commons when MPs return to Ottawa in September.

"This is not democracy in action. It is a deliberate attempt to manipulate the rules, confuse voters and undermine confidence in our elections," Poilievre wrote of the protests in his letter.

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