Peter MacKay, a former Conservative cabinet minister from Nova Scotia, will not run for the leadership of the Tories. ( James West / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo )OTTAWA—Peter MacKay has decided against joining the Conservative leadership race. “I am full of admiration for those who will seek the leadership and I stand ready to work with whoever the new leader will be,” MacKay said. One of them is Kevin O’Leary, the celebrity businessman who was compared to Donald Trump when he started musing about joining the Conservative leadership race earlier this year. Leitch’s proposal, which she has defended as a way to promote tolerance and respect, has become a wedge issue in the otherwise lacklustre Conservative leadership campaign, pushing her rivals to declare where they stand.

Source: The Star September 12, 2016 21:35 UTC