RCMP, Canada Elections commissioner probing O’Toole campaign allegation that it was hacked by MacKay campaign, says O’Toole campaign

'No one from our campaign, including our legal counsel, has been contacted about this investigation by any authorities or police organizations,' says Chisholm Pothier, a spokesperson for the Peter MacKay campaign.

Conservative MP and former cabinet minister Erin O'Toole, pictured with his wife Rebecca and their children, Mollie and Jack, has accused the MacKay campaign of stealing confidential strategy information but the former cabinet minister's campaign categorically denies the allegations. The RCMP is looking into it. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY ABBAS RANA

July 20, 2020

The RCMP and the commissioner of Canada Elections have started probing Erin O’Toole campaign’s hacking allegation against the Peter MacKay campaign, a spokesperson for the O’Toole campaign told The Hill Times. “It’s easy to be confused by the technical details of what took place,...

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