Ruby Dhalla kicked out of Liberal leadership race after 'extremely serious' violations: party
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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.
"The decision followed an extensive process and review, including interviews, questionnaires and an opportunity for Dr. Dhalla to directly address the committees," he said.
"The leadership vote committee determined that the violations were extremely serious."
The statement goes on to say the the party is concerned Dhalla may have violated the Canada Elections Act, as well as "certain other election finance matters, non-disclosure of material facts and inaccurate financial reporting."
The official statement came after CBC News first broke the details of the vote earlier Friday afternoon.
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. Dhalla seemed shocked as host David Cochrane read it out loud to her.
"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.
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