Takedown

"We were making great strides towards a more inclusive, modern, business savvy Ontario. Six months out from the election we already had 90 of 124 candidates in place and actively campaigning. We had just unveiled a home-run platform that put us on the front page of every newspaper. With 170 days to go before the election even the media was touting that I would be the next Premier of Ontario. Instead, on January 24th, 2018, I was all but assassinated in public. Who did it, how, and more importantly why? This is a story of betrayal, blackmail, and backroom politicking involving some of Canada's biggest political names. This was my dream, this was my nightmare.

I'm Patrick Brown, and this is my story."

Now in this updated version of the book we take readers from the day the book was published in November 2018 up to his announcement to run for the Leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada and to become the next Prime Minister of Canada.

On March 6, 2022, CTV announced they had reached a settlement with Patrick Brown. An apology for their shoddy journalism that had not even been properly vetted before they aired their story leading to Patrick Browns resignation as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. CTV's anchor Lisa LaFlamme along with senior journalist Glen Macgregor were so anxious to have the biggest Me-To moment they forget how to conduct a proper interview with the key source that they relied on their false reporting on the women’s age. 

LaFlamme reported the woman was a high school student and underaged in a Bar where she supposedly met Brown. Optimum has listened to the interview between Laflamme and AE (the accuser) as she asks LaFlamme, "why am I here'? The veteran anchor goes on to try to lead the source down her desired. Path. Optimum reviewed audio tape recordings as part of our publishing house's due diligence process on Brown and his story as presented in the book which was launched with national media attention.

All of this should lead to the questions addressed in the book. Who wanted Patrick Brown removed as leader of the PC Party of Ontario?.

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