The Conservative Party has reversed its position on allowing prepaid credit cards to buy party memberships, after the campaign for leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre insinuated potential legal action.
The party’s executive director Wayne Benson made the announcement in a memo sent to campaigns on April 14, reported Global News. Benson said it would be applied to both membership purchases and donations.
Poilievre’s campaign asked that any memberships purchased with prepaid cards after the ousting of former leader Erin O’Toole on Feb. 2 be cancelled, a policy the party has now introduced.
“Soon we will be issuing instructions to campaigns on a collaborative plan to resolve legitimate memberships that are cancelled as a result of this retroactive change,” Benson’s memo reportedly says.
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