Former cabinet minister says that he’s still paying off debt from the 2020 leadership race in which he placed second
The cabinet minister in former prime minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government placed second to former leader Erin O’Toole in 2020, and noted in the video that he’s still paying off debt from that contest.
Who is running to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada? Candidates and dates to watch MacKay was also leader of the Progressive Conservatives when the party merged with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada. Four candidates are in the race so far – Ottawa-area MP Pierre Poilievre, former 2020 leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis, Independent Ontario MPP Roman Barber and former Quebec premier Jean Charest.
MacKay says he will continue to support interim leader Candice Bergen and will also support the eventual winner of the leadership vote.