Newly-elected Liberal MP tweets pledge to stop drinking

by The Bulldog • January 3, 2016

Newly elected Liberal MP and former broadcast journalist Seamus O’Regan says he has entered a wellness program to adopt “an alcohol free lifestyle.” CP24

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