O’Leary supporters have potential to throw Conservative race wide open

They may not follow him so easily into the Bernier camp.

Kevin O'Leary wades through a group of supporters at the Manning Centre conference in Ottawa in February. He announced last week he would quit the Conservative leadership race and support Maxime Bernier.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

May 3, 2017

MONTREAL—With the Conservative crown slipping from his grasp, Kevin O’Leary settled on becoming kingmaker last week. But will the decision to throw his support to Maxime Bernier do the trick? On that, the evidence is mixed. There is not a Canadian political junkie who does not remember the high...

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