Conservative MP Erin O'Toole is taking a pass on running for the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership, CBC has learned, and is instead backing Christine Elliott. The former MPP left politics in 2015, a few months after losing the last PC leadership contest. This is Elliott's third time running for the Ontario PC leadership. Caroline Mulroney, a candidate for the PCs in Ontario's June election, also plans to run for the party leadership. Conservative Party officials reportedly knew about the allegation and still allowed him to run in the 2015 federal election.

Source: CBC News February 02, 2018 21:20 UTC