Conservative Fund’s lack of oversight emerging as key issue in lead-up to next month’s policy convention

National council candidates and grassroots members say they want the Conservative Fund to be accountable to the highest elected governing body of the Conservative Party.

Robert Batherson, left, Good Elliott, Amber Ruddy, and Bruce Yu are running for the Conservative Party's national council. If Mr. Elliott gets elected as a national councillor, he will run for the party's presidency. Mr. Batherson told The Hill Times that if he gets elected as a national councillor, he will also consider running for the party's presidency. Photographs courtesy of Gord Elliott, Amber Ruddy, Bruce Yu and Conservative Party website

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BY ABBAS RANA

February 15, 2021

The powerful Conservative Fund Canada, responsible for raising and spending millions of dollars every year without any oversight, should be accountable to the Conservative Party’s national council, the highest elected governing body of the party, say some potential candidates seeking to be members...

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