Poilievre accuses an attempt to divert focus away from the crypto crash: Brown
Key Takeaways:
- Pierre Poilievre's statements that his campaign recovered membership charges, according to Patrick Brown, are an attempt to deflect attention away from his opponent's economic policy pledges.
- When asked if he's decided, Brown said he's "committed" to the federal Conservative Party leadership race.
Patrick Brown, a Conservative Party leadership candidate, believes Pierre Poilievre's claims that his campaign repaid membership costs attempt to divert attention away from his rival's economic policy promises.
Poilievre is hiding behind the attacks, according to Brown, as the world's cryptocurrency market plummets.
"I'm Pierre Poilievre, and I'm trying to change the channel." "There was a major story in the press this week about cryptocurrencies collapsing, and Pierre Poilievre's signature economic strategy was recommending Bitcoin to Canadians," Brown remarked in an interview with CTV's Question Period.
"He won't answer questions about how he came up with a terrible economic strategy for the Conservative Party."
Tim Uppal, a Conservative MP and co-chair of Poilievre's campaign expressed "concerning membership sales techniques" within the Brown camp in a letter to the chair of the Leadership Election Organizing Committee obtained by CTV News on June 10.
"The Poilievre campaign received multiple complaints during the leadership context that organizers working for the Brown campaign are arranging to repay membership payments paid by individuals who decided to join the Party using the Brown campaign's website," the letter states.
Brown refutes the allegations.
WOULD BROWN RUN WITH POILIEVRE AS HIS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?
The mayor of Brampton also told CTV Question Period that under Poilievre's leadership, he would not seek federal office.
"I believe it would be an electoral disaster because of the stances he's espoused, which do not speak to an open Conservative Party." He stated, "I'm not interested in being a part of another losing election."
He claims he would run for president if Jean Charest, Leslyn Lewis, Scott Aitchison, or Roman Baber were to win.
BROWN HAS 'NO PLANS' TO RE-REGISTER AS A MAYORAL CANDIDATE IN BRAMPTON.
Brown's time to officially withdraw from another mayoral candidacy is running out. He has till August 19 to announce his candidacy.
Brown stated he's "committed" to the federal Conservative Party leadership contest when asked if he's made up his mind.
"I have no plans to register," he stated, "but I am still sure that I can win this election and put the Conservative Party in a situation to defeat the Liberals and the NDP in the next election."