Despite booting former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown from caucus just days ago, interim leader Vic Fedeli refused to comment on controversies enveloping Brown on Tuesday, saying he "must remain neutral" in the party's ongoing leadership contest. It happened before he entered the leadership race," Fedeli told reporters gathered at Queen's Park about his decision to remove Brown from caucus. Brown registered to be a candidate in the party's leadership race shortly before the deadline expired Friday. Ontario MPP and former Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown held a campaign event with supporters near Toronto over the weekend. While he has registered to run in the PC leadership race, his candidacy could still be rejected by the party's nominations committee.

Source: CBC News February 20, 2018 17:08 UTC