Tue May 3, 2022 – 3:15 pm EDTTue May 3, 2022 – 3:17 pm EDT
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) – Dr. Leslyn Lewis is the only pro-life candidate in the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leadership race now that three others have been cut.
A total of six candidates are moving on to the next stage. Of those six, only Lewis has a “green light” rating as a “supportable” pro-life candidate from Campaign Life Coalition (CLC).
Two other candidates who are pro-life and endorsed by CLC— Joseph Bourgault and Grant Abraham—were disqualified from the race, even though they had raised the mandatory campaign funds. CPC MP Marc Dalton, to whom CLC also gave a “green light” rating, did not raise enough funds to meet the April 29 final entry deadline.
LEOC has not explained why Bourgault, Abraham and an additional CPC candidate, Joel Etienne, were disqualified.
Ryan Olson, Bourgault’s campaign chairman, said in a statement sent to LifeSiteNews that it was with “great disappointment that we were advised by the Conservative Party of Canada last evening that we are ineligible to advance in the Leadership Campaign.”
“They stated that our team did not meet the registration fees
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