Ottawa mayoral candidate Bob Chiarelli is accusing the Mark Sutcliffe campaign of spreading rumours that Chiarelli would drop out of the mayors’ race before the deadline last month.
The move was a “specific strategy” and a “dirty trick” designed to hamper the Chiarelli campaign’s fundraising efforts, the former Ottawa mayor and regional chair told Newstalk 580 CFRA.
“With all due respect, that’s a ridiculous question,” Chiarelli said. “I’m nominated, I’m registered … how could anyone suggest or feel that I’m going to be dropping out?” “They tried to blunt our fundraising, and it was a dirty trick. And we worked through it, we didn’t make any issue of it at the time,” he said. “But we had to do some convincing to tell people 'No, we’re serious, we’re going to be there on Election Day.'"
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