By Jamie Barrie T here are those who say they are surprised, but is anyone really? The inevitable as happened. The dragon stopped breathing fire and is now nothing but a puff of smoke in the leadership race for the Federal Conservative party. The Kevin O’Leary experiment is offi- cially over.
easily it became clear to O’Leary the math just wasn’t going to work on this deal. When O’Leary started his venture to become leader all eyes were pointed south as President Donald Trump was doing the unthinkable. Numerous political commentators were suggesting O’Leary was the Canuck version of “the Donald”, an out- spoken businessman, with just the right mix of spending and negotiating to restart a stagnant economy. It worked
Despite his predictions that he would take the leadership
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE •MAY 2017
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