If Brown, his office or the PC Party did not pay for the travel, failing to disclose the sponsor would breach the integrity rules. He called the travel "cultural outreach missions … paid for by the PC Party, approved by the PC Ontario Fund." This is a leadership race for the future of our party and Patrick Brown needs to step aside. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a leadership race is not the place to clear your name. "This is a leadership race for the future of our party and Patrick Brown needs to step aside," said Mulroney on Twitter.

Source: CBC News February 22, 2018 19:36 UTC