Ontario Conservative backroom organizer Tom Long announced he was entering the leadership race of the Canadian Alliance. The one-time aide to former prime minister Brian Mulroney made his plans official in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan. He joined Reform founder Preston Manning and former Alberta Treasurer Stockwell Day in the race.

Date: 2000-04-27
Placeline: VAUGHAN, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 19 seconds

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