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Tory MP Derek Sloan says he'll fight efforts to expel him from party ranks
BY , Jan 19, 2021 4:40 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Conservative MP Derek Sloan arrives at West Block Thursday December 3, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ontario Conservative MP Derek Sloan says he'll fight efforts by his party's leader to boot him from caucus.
Sloan says a decision by leader Erin O'Toole that he should be tossed out over a donation to his leadership campaign by a known white supremacist is ridiculous.
O'Toole announced he's launching the effort to remove Sloan late Monday, after news broke that Sloan's campaign had received a donation from Paul Fromm last year.
O'Toole framed the decision as being a question of having no tolerance for racism within his party.
But Sloan is raising questions about that approach, saying Fromm is a party member and that fact would have previously been known both to O'Toole and to the party itself.
Sloan generated controversy during the leadership campaign for his aggressively social conservative views, and his presence in caucus has been polarizing ever since.
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