OTTAWA – Spokesperson for the disqualified Conservative Party leadership candidate Patrick Brown says he won’t make any decisions about running for re-election as mayor of the Greater Toronto Area until he has had time to talk to his friends and family.
Chisholm Pothier said Brown spent the weekend attending a multicultural festival in Brampton, Ont., located about 45 minutes from Toronto, and celebrating the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Meanwhile, the five remaining candidates in the race to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada flip pancakes and greet supporters at the Calgary Stampede, with less than two months left until the The votes are counted and the winner is announced.
Brown entered the race without resigning as mayor of Brampton, and has previously said he would consider running again in the October municipal election if he thinks he can’t win the federal race.
He must register as a mayoral candidate until August 19, but Brown’s position in the federal race changed dramatically last week when the party’s leadership election committee voted to disqualify him. he is out of the election.
Committee members ousted him in an 11 to 6 vote alleging that he violated federal election funding laws.
“He will not make any decisions until he has had time to consult with friends and family,” Pothier wrote of his plans to seek a second term as mayor. Brampton.
Brown said his campaign did nothing wrong and is seeking an appeal, hiring prominent lawyer Marie Henein as his advisor.
While the party has not released details behind the allegation, a longtime Conservative party organizer conducted last week as a reporter Brown to the party, alleging that he was involved. an agreement that got her paid for her work by a private company. its campaign.
Whistleblower says Patrick Brown approved third-party payments during conservative campaign
Brown’s campaign said the Conservatives refused to disclose the full details of the allegations, making it difficult to respond, and said they offered to refund the money paid to the proposed organizer. because they think their work is done as a volunteer.
Since his disqualification, Brown has also accused the party of removing him to raise the odds in favor of longtime Ottawa MP Pierre Poilievre, seen as his main rival.
Both Poilievre and the party denied his allegations.
Ian Brodie, chairman of the leadership election organizing committee that voted to remove Brown, emailed party members last Friday to say that Brown is aware of the allegations he is facing and the party needs must act for incompetence for a candidate to be investigated for a violation. federal law.
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