Tory, NDP leadership candidates still owe thousands in campaign debts

Kevin O’Leary tops both the Tory and NDP candidates, with about $390,000 outstanding. He says raising funds for failed candidates is ‘nearly impossible’ due to 'outrageous' rules that limit personal funds to pay off debt.

A year after the contest, Conservative leadership candidates Maxime Bernier, left, Kellie Leitch, and Kevin O’Leary, face the largest campaign debts. The Hill Times file photographs

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 6, 2018

A dozen former Conservative and NDP leadership contenders still owe money from their campaigns, according to Elections Canada, while the group’s biggest debtor, Tory competitor Kevin O’Leary, calls the rules around repayment “outrageous,” “unfair,” and “...

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