Peter MacKay says he will not seek Conservative leadership – National
Peter MacKay says he won’t search the management of the Conservative celebration when one is chosen this September.
MacKay introduced the information in a video message posted to social media on Saturday, saying he got here to the choice after consulting with associates, colleagues and household.
The cupboard minister in former prime minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative authorities positioned second to former chief Erin O’Toole in 2020 and famous within the video that he’s nonetheless paying off debt from that contest.
MacKay was additionally chief of the Progressive Conservatives when the celebration merged with the Canadian Alliance to kind the Conservative Social gathering of Canada.
4 candidates are within the race to date: Ottawa-area MP Pierre Poilievre, former 2020 management candidate Leslyn Lewis, Unbiased Ontario MPP Roman Barber and former Quebec premier Jean Charest.
MacKay says he’ll proceed to help interim chief Candice Bergen and also will help the eventual winner of the management vote.
