It took the better part of three years, multiple fundraising events and help from former prime ministers — and at least one country singer — but Peter MacKay says he has finally paid off the $1.7 million in debt his campaign incurred in the 2020 Conservative leadership race.
MacKay said the fact that he's no longer engaged in politics also played a role.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chats with Peter MacKay, foreign affairs minister at the time, before a meeting in Ottawa on February 23, 2007. Still, it's clear the former cabinet minister — once widely viewed as the front-runner for the Conservative leadership — has mixed feelings about his last foray into politics.He said the "largest factor" behind the debt his campaign racked up was the decision by the Conservatives' leadership committee to pause the race in March 2020 and extend the deadline to sign up new members due to the pandemic.
During his conversations with CBC News, MacKay himself asked whether he sounded bitter and insisted that's not the impression he wants to leave.One of the co-chairs of the committee that made the decision to extend the race said there was no real alternative at the time. Party officials reported they were unable to stick to the original plan because of the challenges thrown up by the pandemic, said Dan Nowlan.
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