Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis is accusing a former campaign manager of misappropriating resources, deliberately bad mouthing her and using her 2020 leadership run to further his own interests, rather than hers
OTTAWA — Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis is accusing a former campaign manager of misappropriating resources, deliberately badmouthing her and using her 2020 leadership run to further his own interests, rather than hers.
She alleges he used political events to promote his own political consultancy rather than her campaign, and on his way out of the door purposely destroyed campaign materials, which set her campaign back weeks.“Mykytyshyn’s actions were deliberate, malicious meant to harm the Lewis campaign,” the claim alleges.
But in court documents filed last week, Lewis said it was through her own network of “pro-life and faith contacts” that she managed to get together the funds and signatures required to run. While she didn’t win, Lewis finished in a strong third-place position, raising more than $2 million and at one point having more votes than the other two front-runners combined.
Mykytyshyn alleges in his lawsuit that he was brought on in January 2020 for a fee of $15,000 a month for the whole campaign, and while he never signed a formal contract, was given “wide-ranging” power to run the Lewis campaign before being “terminated suddenly and without any prior warning” by email on March 13.
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