‘I hope he will stay,’ Bernier would consider O’Leary as Finance minister if he wins leadership and government

Maxime Bernier says the Conservative leadership race has become a two-person contest between himself and Kevin O’Leary.

Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier dropped by The Hill Times office on April 4. He said his main opponent in this race is Kevin O'Leary, who is 'the best opponent that I can have.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DEREK ABMA

April 10, 2017

Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier won’t say if he’s willing to work within a Kevin O’Leary-controlled Conservative caucus, but he is open to making Mr. O’Leary his Finance minister. “I think Kevin O’Leary would be a good Finance minister,” Mr. Bernier (Beauce, Que.) sai...

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