Running on the CP wire right now....
Volpe loses campaign manager over difference of opinion on Lebanon
OTTAWA - Joe Volpe's trouble-plagued bid to become the next Liberal leader has suffered another, possibly fatal blow, with the resignation of his national campaign manager.
The Canadian Press has learned that Toronto MP Jim Karygiannis has quit Volpe's campaign over what one insider described as a difference of opinion over the situation in Lebanon.
Volpe has strongly supported Israel's right to bombard Lebanon in an attempt to stop Hezbollah extremists from firing missiles and conducting raids across the border into Israel.
Karygiannis, meanwhile, has been recruiting supporters for Volpe among Canada's ethnic communities, including Muslims.
He has been firing off news releases condemning what he calls the federal government's tardy efforts to evacuate Canadians from Lebanon and calling for Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay's resignation.
Volpe's campaign ran into trouble last spring when it was revealed that he had accepted $108,000 in donations from 20 current and former executives of pharmaceutical giant Apotex, their spouses and their children, including 11-year-old twins; Volpe eventually returned $27,000 received from five donors under the age of 18.
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Excellent! Couldn't happen to a, er, "nicer" guy.
Word on the street says Comuzzi is gone as well.
He couold still support Volpe. We'll see how far he goes. Not far I think.
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