‘This is balls to the wall,’ if he wins, O’Leary won’t commit to remaining Tory leader without a majority government

Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O'Leary said he has a '100 per cent' chance of winning the party's leadership.

Winning: Conservative leadership candidate Kevin O'Leary, pictured in February at the Side Door in Ottawa where he hosted a party during the Manning Centre conference. Pressed to clarify last week if he would leave his post as party leader if the Conservatives end up with a minority government or in opposition after the 2019 election, he said: 'I don’t have contingency plans on failure. That doesn’t work.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DEREK ABMA

April 3, 2017

Polls indicate Kevin O’Leary has a good chance of becoming the next leader of the federal Conservative Party, but all bets are off on him sticking around if the party loses the next election or ends up with a minority government. “I’ve said to the caucus, I’m going to deliver a majority man...

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