It looks like the fix is in for the Conservative Party

By retreating into a cone of silence over the specific allegations that led to Patrick Brown’s disqualification, Conservative Party brass stand to delegitimize the whole leadership process.
One can only assume that the cleavage between the former Progressive Conservatives and Reformers will only grow as a result of last week’s bizarre firing of Conservative Party leadership candidate Patrick Brown, writes Sheila Copps.
OTTAWA—Patrick Brown has just suffered his second political assassination. The first was at the hands of the provincial Progressive Conservative Party in Ontario, when he was dumped from his leader’s job based on allegations of sexual impropriety, which he denies. In that first instance, Brown...

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