Brown’s leadership bid comes days after he reached a settlement in his $8M defamation lawsuit against CTV for publishing allegations accusing him of sexual…
Both parties signed an agreement indicating that they “have resolved their legal dispute.” The deal, announced Wednesday, does not include financial compensation, but CTV agreed to express public regret for inaccuracies in its reporting that cost Brown his job as Ontario PC leader four years ago.
Brown, 43, is coming to the Conservative leadership race — the third one since Liberals swept into power in 2015 — with experience on the municipal, provincial and federal level. He went on to replace Tim Hudak as leader of Ontario’s PCs following the party’s defeat in the 2014 election. He managed to beat then-deputy PC leader Christine Elliott.
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