Despite paying well over the $300,000 buy-in for party leadership candidacy, pro-life and pro-family hopefuls Joseph Bourgault and Grant Abraham were notified that they had not met the fundraising requirement.
Conservatives have always accused the Liberals of being the party of corruption and anti-democracy. That accusation has now come home to roost in the CPC party.
Of the four pro-life candidates, one made it to the next round, one was disqualified for not raising the campaign funds, and two were disqualified despite raising the funds.
Businessman Joseph Bourgault has made the first cut in the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership race and hockey great Theo Fleury says Bourgault is 'going to lead us to glory.'