OTTAWA—New Brunswick MP John Williamson is exploring a bid for leadership of the federal Conservatives, he said Wednesday. “The race is wide open and there is room, I believe, for a movement Conservative candidate and those are the waters that I’m testing right now,” he said. But despite those two candidates’ perceived front-runner status, there’s room for others, Williamson said. The first $25,000 and 1,000 signatures must be submitted to the party by Feb. 27, with a further $275,000 and 2,000 more signatures due by March 25. Get more politics in your inbox Make sense of what's happening across the country and around the world with the Star's This Week in Politics email newsletter.

Source: thestar January 29, 2020 14:40 UTC