OTTAWA — The NDP says that Montreal-based activist Yves Engler is misleading party supporters and the media by running an unsanctioned leadership campaign and soliciting donations from Canadians.

Éric Hébert-Daly, who is the NDP’s chief electoral officer for the leadership race, said he had serious concerns about how Engler had been conveying the status of his campaign to members of the press.

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“It has recently come to my attention that Mr. Yves Engler has been sharing with the media that he has not yet been approved by the Leadership Review Committee … to stand as an official leadership candidate. I would like to clarify that we are not in receipt of an application from Mr. Engler, and as such, he has no current standing within the leadership contest,” wrote Hébert-

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