Kevin O’Leary would play a role in Maxime Bernier-led Conservative party
OTTAWA — Celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary dropped out of the Conservative leadership race and pledged to back Quebec MP Maxime Bernier’s campaign all the way to decision day, but the duo are also working on a plan for afterwards.
Bernier says that if he wins, he’ll continue having O’Leary as part of his inner political circle for the next two years and then perhaps persuade him to run for a seat in the House of Commons in 2019, though they’ve made no deal on that, yet.
“He can be my economic adviser for free for two years, so I’d be crazy not to use that,” Bernier said in an interview with The Canadian Press this week, O’Leary sitting by his side.
“But it will be his decision if he wants to run.”