According to the pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, AbbotsfordB次元官网网址檚 Grant Abraham, who was running for leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, is a victim of cancel culture.
Abraham was recently deemed ineligible for the CPC leadership race, but an email shared to his Facebook page from CLC director Jack Fonseca states that they believe Abraham was treated unfairly by the party.
Fonseca said that Abraham met all the requirements, but the CPCB次元官网网址檚 hidden rules sunk his bid.
B次元官网网址淓xcitement turned to outrage when, on Sunday [May 1] evening, we learned that Grant Abraham received notice from the party that he allegedly did not meet the financial requirements, in spite of having raised the stated $300K buy-in fee and having obtained the required signatures by the 5 p.m. deadline on April 29th,B次元官网网址� the email states.
Fonseca said that additional fees were added to the $300,000 and that was the reason Abraham was disqualified.
B次元官网网址淲hat they told us is that the party tacked onto the total donations a 15 per cent administration fee that candidates would have to obtain on top of the $300,000, making the real total that a candidate had to raise $345K or even $353K, depending how itB次元官网网址檚 calculated,B次元官网网址� he said.
The email states that Abraham will be appealing the decision based on the B次元官网网址榝alse advertisingB次元官网网址� of the $300,000 fee.
Fonseca said he believes the CPC is discriminating against conservatives who are pro-life, noting that Leslyn Lewis is the only leadership candidate in the running who is pro-life. He said the party was unable to discriminate against Lewis because she already has a significant following and the backlash would be high.
B次元官网网址淥ne of the pillars of the CPC, and of the broader B次元官网网址榮mall-cB次元官网网址� conservative movement, is democracy B次元官网网址� letting the people, not the elites, decide who should represent them,B次元官网网址� Fonseca said. B次元官网网址淭herefore, this sort of cancel culture has no business in the Conservative Party.B次元官网网址�
Abraham hosted a press conference over Zoom on Monday (May 9) and reiterated his insistence that he had raised the proper amount of money and stated that the CPC has been uncooperative during the whole situation.
The B次元官网网址 has reached out to Abraham and the CPC for more details, but they have not yet responded.
