A former member of Patrick Brown Leadership Campaign is speaking out about what reportedly led to his disqualification earlier this week.
Debra (Debbie) Jodoin, in a statement from her legal counsel Thursday night, said she became “increasingly concerned” about a corporation contributing to Brown’s campaign.
Jodoin, who in April 2022 agreed to join Brown’s campaign as a regional organizer and worked for it from May to June 3, 2022, said Brown told her it was “permissible for me to be employed by a company as a consultant, and then for that company to have me volunteer with the campaign.”
“He connected me by text message with a third party for that purpose. I trusted him, but as time went on I became increasingly concerned with the arrangement and suspected it was not OK,” she said in a July 7 letter prepared by Jason Beitchman, of Loopstra Nixon LLP.
On Wednesday, Brown was disqualified from the race amid "serious allegations of wrongdoing" by his campaign that the party says appear to violate financing rules in the Canada Elections Act.
A long-time Conservative Party of Canada member and campaign organizer, Jodoin said last month she “asked Mr. Brown personally that the campaign pay her expenses.”
“Brown expressed surprise that the expenses had not been covered and said he was “on it”. Shortly after that, says Jodoin, “a corporation paid me and paid for my expenses, not the Brown campaign,” she alleged.
Jodoin, then contacted a lawyer and shared her concerns with the...
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