Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown responded to his disqualification from the Conservative Party leadership race on Wednesday after the committee organizing the contest put an end to his bid on July 5 on allegations that his campaign violated financial rules.
“No substance. We don’t even know what the allegation is. It’s an anonymous allegation being made. How do you respond to a phantom allegation?” Brown told CTV News on July 6.
“All we know is there’s an anonymous allegation that a corporation was paying someone who worked on my campaign.”
Brown said the Leadership Election Organizing Committee (LEOC) didn’t provide the name of the corporation or of the individual involved, otherwise his campaign could have investigated….