But the party decided to allow Kinga Surma to remain as the candidate, the source said. But a spokeswoman for the Ford campaign said Wednesday the allegations are old, and that the party’s appeals committee has long since reviewed them and found them to be unsubstantiated. “They said, ‘Doug Ford came to our house, signed me up and paid,’” said Eastwood. The PC candidate nomination process has become a significant issue in campaign leading up to Ontario’s June 7 election, after several of the nominations ended in bitter disputes. It was just my observation that at this nomination meeting there were a lot of people you knew were not dyed-in-the-wool members.

Source: National Post May 24, 2018 02:48 UTC