Conservative leadership race portends a return to ugly

Does Kellie Leitch approve of making up allegations out of whole cloth like this—not just spinning, or distorting, or exaggerating, but deliberately misleading? Is she running her campaign or is Nick Kouvalis?

Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch, pictured in this file photo. Former cabinet colleagues, including Jason Kenney, are mystified by her sudden conversion to right-wing populism, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

January 9, 2017

GATINEAU, QUE.—The least edifying moment in an eventful week in the Conservative leadership campaign came in the form of a shame-free lie from Kellie Leitch’s campaign manager, Nick Kouvalis. Kouvalis—a political organizer for hire, who has also worked for Rob Ford and John Tory—accused the...

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