Ford denies funding party memberships and intimidating a candidate
TILLSONBURG, Ont. — A campaigning Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford dismissed allegations Thursday that he was involved in selling bogus party memberships, and also denied trying to intimidate a would-be candidate.
Speaking at an event in a factory in a Tory stronghold in Tillsonburg, Ont., Ford attributed the accusations — based on an audio recording and affidavits — to a desperate attempt by the governing Liberals to hang on to office.
Ford, who became party leader this year, said the two-year-old incidents at issue were put to a party appeal process at the time.
“The appeal was totally dismissed,” Ford said “This is the Liberals two weeks before an election trying to change the channel on their mismanagement, scandal and waste.”