Conservative Party must be transparent about fraudulent memberships or it will ‘undercut credibility of outcome,’ says Kent

'Nothing wrong will happen under my watch,' Conservative Party's Dustin Van Vugt tells Conservative MP Bob Saroya.

Conservative Party leadership candidates Kevin O'Leary and Maxime Bernier. Mr. Bernier shook up the Conservative Party leadership contest two weeks ago by issuing a public statement saying back room organizers are signing up new members in violation of the party membership rules. Within a day, the party cancelled 1,351 memberships.The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

March 27, 2017

The Conservative Party has to be transparent to Canadians and to its more than 100,000 members about the process it’s undertaking to scrub fraudulent memberships from the party list or it will undermine the outcome of the leadership race, says Conservative MP Peter Kent. “That will undercut t...

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