Quoting "close confidantes" of the former Conservative leader, the Globe and Mail reported that Harper planning to resign as an MP and pursue "new interests."
"This was both a sophisticated, large-scale fraud, and a concerted attempt to subvert a democratic election," the Crown argued in a factum filed in court.
Ontario MP Kellie Leitch's bid for the leadership of the Conservative party has suffered its first setback with the arrest of her campaign manager on impaired driving charges.