and then there were 5 in the CPC leadership race!
Patrick Brown - current mayor of Brampton since 2018; former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario; Ontario's Leader of the Official Opposition from 2015 to 2018, joins the race already populated by:
- former federal Progressive Conservative leader; former Quebec Premier, Jean Charest
- Ontario CPC MP, Pierre Poilievre
- Ontario CPC MP, Leslyn Lewis
- Ontario Independent MPP, Roman Baber
joining the CPC leadership race... now making it 7 candidates:
- Saskatchewan businessman & founder of 'Canadians for Truth', Joseph Bourgault
- former MP for Parry Sound—Muskoka Ontario; former mayor of Huntsville Ontario, Scott Aitchison