A Conservative MP from Calgary has fired a summer student working in his office following allegations that someone stole campaign data from party leadership contender Erin O'Toole.
Greg McLean -- one of dozens of MPs who have endorsed O'Toole -- made the announcement in a terse statement Tuesday morning.
O'Toole had previously been scrutinized for using his parliamentary email address to facilitate campaign endorsements, as has one of his supporters, Sen. Leo Housakos. A copy of the June 19 letter sent by the O'Toole campaign to police was obtained by The Canadian Press. The campaign alleges the student got access to the log-in data for the O'Toole campaign's Zoom account, the digital conferencing platform in widespread use due to the physical distancing requirements of COVID-19.
After news broke of the allegations, Lall posted a message on Twitter saying not a word of it was true. He did not return a request for comment on Tuesday. The MacKay campaign says he remains a volunteer.MacKay could also face sanction from the Conservative Party should the allegations be verified.
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