First it was Chandra Arya. Now Ruby Dhalla has also been disqualified from the Liberal Party of Canada leadership race.
Ruby Dhalla kicked out of Liberal leadership race after 'extremely serious' violations: party | CBC News | Catharine Tunney & David Cochrane:
February 21, 2025 - "A Liberal Party of Canada committee voted unanimously on Friday to disqualify former MP Ruby Dhalla from the race to be the next leader. Azam Ishmael, the party's national director, said in a statement that the Liberal leadership vote committee determined she made 10 violations, some involving the party's leadership and expense rules.... A source, speaking on the condition they not be named, said Dhalla was also accused of failing to disclose the involvement of a non-Canadian citizen in her campaign, which the party alleges would amount to foreign interference if it happened during an election period.
"Dhalla learned about her official disqualification live on television. After the initial story went up citing a source, Dhalla went on live with CBC's Power & Politics to defend herself. Just as the segment began, the Liberal Party sent out official word....
"'It is very alarming and very shocking,' she said. 'I think it speaks to the state of the Liberal Party of Canada that a candidate who is running to become leader of the party and running to be prime minister of our country is finding out she is being disqualified on air from an email that the media outlet that she is interviewing with has received.'
"Dhalla called the allegations against her 'fabricated, fictitious and fake' meant to 'complete Mark Carney's coronation' as leader. 'They did not want anyone challenging the front-runner, the blue-eyed boy, Mark Carney,' she said. 'I will not allow the Liberal Party of Canada or anyone, for that matter, to smear my name or to smear the name of the thousands of volunteers in our campaign'....
"The probe came after Elections Canada published the donation data it received from the candidates up until Feb. 9. The data showed 12 donations under a tab called 'Statement of Contributions returned to Contributors or Remitted to the Chief Electoral Officer.' Of the 12 names on the list, three pairs share the same last name and postal code. All 12 are recorded as donating $1,750, the maximum amount permissible by law....
"Under Canadian election law, couples are allowed to make separate donations using the same credit card. On Thursday, Dhalla campaign spokesperson Jacy Lafontaine said that 'six couples donated using the same credit card' and the party did not provide the required attestation forms at the time of donation
"Dhalla billed herself as a true outsider in the race to replace Prime Minster Justin Trudeau and pitched policies that broke with current Liberal doctrine.Among them are promises to deport illegal immigrants and impose life sentences for possession of hard drugs. Dhalla has also called for an 'economic czar' to identify waste and overspending and a new "health czar" to review the health-care system. She had met the party's steep entry fee of $350,000, a requirement to gain a spot in the official debates next week.
"Last month, Nepean MP Chandra Arya said he had been informed by the party that he wasn't permitted to run. The remaining candidates are former MP Frank Baylis, former central banker Mark Carney, former finance minister Chrystia Freeland and former House leader Karina Gould."
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ruby-dhalla-liberal-leadership-1.7465430
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