Ontario MP Derek Sloan says he will now sit as an independent in the House of Commons, according to a statement he released on Jan. 20 shortly after the Conservative Party caucus voted to oust him.
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole on Jan. 18 had announced plans to remove Sloan from the party over a $131 donation from Paul Fromm, who has described himself as a “white nationalist,” to Sloan’s leadership campaign in 2020. “Acceptance of a donation from a well-known white supremacist is far worse than a gross error of judgment or failure of due diligence,“ O'Toole said.
