CBC: O’Leary announces CP leadership bid on Facebook

Businessman and Rosedale resident Kevin O’Leary has entered the Conservative leadership race tomorrow, according to the CBC. O’Leary was born in Montreal but is unilingual. The former Dragon’s Den investor must file his candidacy papers and pay a deposit by Feb. 24 in order to be a candidate in the May 27 vote.o become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. He issued a video on his Facebook page to declare his candidacy. “You know why? I listened to you,” he said in the video posted Wednesday, thanking the “40,000” Canadians he said went to his website and encouraged him to enter the race. Video