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Patrick Brown, the former member of Parliament who unceremoniously resigned as Ontario’s Progressive Conservative leader and returned as Brampton’s mayor, plans today to embark on his latest challenge: Running for the Conservative leadership.Born in Toronto, he was a young Tory who in 2000 was elected as a city councillor in Barrie, Ont. From there, he became an MP in former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper’s government.
The allegations have not been proven in court, nor have they been independently verified by The Canadian Press. Brown has long denied them. Last week, Brown and CTV resolved a years-long legal dispute over a defamation lawsuit he launched after the 2018 story. Brown, known within the party as a hardworking organizer, will be the fifth candidate to enter the Conservative leadership race, already populated by former federal Progressive Conservative leader Jean Charest and Ottawa-area MP Pierre Poilievre. Rookie Ontario MP Leslyn Lewis and Independent Ontario MPP Roman Baber are also running.
In terms of what Brown might bring to the race, he recently mounted a strong rejection of Bill 21, a controversial secularism law in Quebec that prohibits public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols on the job. Brown enters the Conservative leadership race with a track record on another dicey issue for the party: carbon pricing.
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