Peter MacKay expected to announce Conservative leadership bid

CTV News has learned that prominent Conservative Peter MacKay is expected to announce a party leadership bid Wednesday afternoon. MacKay is expected to make the announcement on Twitter at 2:15 p.m. EDT. A source within MacKay's campaign said the former cabinet minister is "very excited about the overwhelmingly positive feedback that he’s been receiving from across the country." MacKay held a Nova Scotia seat in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2015. Before leaving politics, MacKay held mu