Nick Kouvalis, the campaign manager for Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch, has resigned, saying he had "become a distraction to the campaign." ​"This afternoon, with great regret, I communicated to Kellie Leitch my decision to resign as her campaign manager. I did so because it has become clear that I have become a distraction to the campaign," Kouvalis said in a statement posted to his Facebook page. "When a member of a campaign team becomes the focus of media coverage, the time comes to resign," Kouvalis said in his statement. "The campaign should be solely about the candidate and their plans, not their staff's beliefs, nor their staff's conduct," he said.

Source: CBC News February 03, 2017 00:37 UTC