Former Tory cabinet minister, leadership contender Leitch to quit politics
OTTAWA — Failed Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch says she won’t seek re-election in 2019.
Leitch gained notoriety during the leadership race for her controversial proposal to screen newcomers for Canadian values.
That followed her role during the 2015 election as a pitch woman for a Conservative plan to launch a hotline for people to report so-called barbaric cultural practices.
Leitch was first elected in 2011 and went on to serve as a cabinet minister under Stephen Harper.