And just like that, the Conservatives made Patrick Brown disappear
As much as the Conservative Party of Canada would like to believe otherwise, the odour coming from its decision to abruptly disqualify Patrick Brown from the party’s leadership race this month has not gone away.
That is not to say this was necessarily the party’s intention. But it’s a fact that Mr. Poilievre has by far the most support among MPs, senators and the post-Stephen Harper establishment. It’s also a fact that Mr. Brown was the leading challenger to, and harshest critic of, the populist Mr. Poilievre. If the latter wins the leadership, there will be questions about whether he got the job in part because his chief rival was abruptly and summarily banished from the race.
If the party had a smoking gun, why not make it public? It leaves people wondering whether the evidence now in the hands of the commissioner of Canada Elections was not enough to summarily convict and sentence Mr. Brown in so consequential a way.that Mr. Brown was aware that a corporation was paying for her work as a campaign volunteer, a violation of the Canada Elections Act. That’s a serious charge. But it is not a proven one. And Mr.
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