There is virtually no regulation that curtails what such a third-party can do prior to a leadership race being declared. Kenney plans to keep an eye on federal politics as the federal party prepares for its own leadership contest. The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation also criticized him for declining to give up his seat in Ottawa until the PC leadership race officially begins in October. “Whether he has anything to say about uniting free enterprise Albertans, I leave it for him to say. In fact, there’s no guarantee that Kenney will win the PC leadership, which will be decided in March in a closed-delegate convention.

Source: National Post July 09, 2016 00:45 UTC