Exercise ‘good judgment’ if confronted with a situation like Duffy affair in future: Gerstein

Conservative Party of Canada records all fundraising phone calls, says Irving Gerstein.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper will join the Conservative Fund of Canada this month. In the first quarter of this year, the Conservatives raised $5.7-million more than the combined total of the Liberals and the NDP. The Liberal Party raised about $4-million and the NDP about $1.3-million in the first quarter. Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai said the party’s base 'loves' Mr. Harper.
The Conservative Party of Canada has no official protocols in place to deal with politically sensitive situations such as former Conservative Senator Mike Duffy's now legally cleared Senate expense spending issue, but Conservative Fund Canada chairman Irving Gerstein says senior party officials sh...

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