Ford, who was recorded helping Etobicoke Centre PC candidate Kinga Surma in the 2016 party nomination, also insisted Thursday he did not intimidate runner-up Pina Martino by following her to her home. Ford denied the bogus membership allegations, saying he had never purchased $10 PC memberships for any candidate. The email is dated Nov. 18, 2016 — three days before the nomination vote — and is addressed to Mike Richmond, counsel for the PC party. Neither current PC party president Jad Badwal nor Rick Dykstra, who was president at the time of the Etobicoke Centre nomination, responded to requests for comment. “These practices contradict the rules and regulations that Mr. Ford, as leader, has pledged to enforce,” Matthew said.

Source: thestar May 24, 2018 14:25 UTC