Caroline Mulroney enters PC leadership race

TORONTO Caroline Mulroney, the Toronto lawyer and daughter of former prime minister Brian Mulroney, is running to become the leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party.

Mulroney confirmed the news, which has been rumoured for over a week, in a series of interviews Sunday afternoon at a hockey arena in north Toronto. She took questions from reporters between watching her two boys play on their Triple A teams.

The 43-year-old mother of four said despite the recent turmoil within the party after the sudden resignation of former leader Patrick Brown, the Tories can come together and win the June 7 provincial election.

“After 15 years of Liberal government we need a fresh change,” she said. “People are tired. They want a new government. They want something new. So, I decided to put my name forward.”

Mulroney believes she’s the candidate to unite the disparate wings of the PC family, despite never having held elected office.

“I am committed to making sure that we deliver this change,” she said. “People deserve a government that cares about them. As I’ve been knocking on doors, I know that I can be that leader and provide that leadership to the party.”

After taking a quick break between interviews to snack on french fries her husband Andrew Lapham brings by, Mulroney gets down to business, addressing the criticisms which have already been levelled at her.

“That means they’re nervous,” she said of her competitors in the race. “I can’t control what other campaigns do. All I can do is make sure I can run a campaign that’s true to the kind of person that I am.”