Leadership Campaign: Mac Kay and Politics Right

leadership campaign: My family is my No. 1 priority, said Mac Kay, who has two small children, Kian, 3 and Valentia, 11 months, with his wife, human rights activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam, according to The Chronicle Herald. While the opportunity is exciting and the reward compelling, I feel it would be asking too much of them to jump back into politics right now and the heat of a leadership campaign with all that it entails, said Mac Kay, 50, who did not seek re-election in 2015 and is now a partner at a Toronto law firm. After much soul-searching, advice from trusted friends and weighing of the impact on my young family, I have decided not to seek the leadership of the party, the former cabinet minister from Nova Scotia said in a statement Monday. I am full of admiration for those who will seek the leadership and I stand ready to work with whoever the new leader will be, Mac Kay said. One of them is Kevin O'Leary, the celebrity businessman who was compared to Donald Trump when he started musing about joining the Conservative leadership race earlier this year. The decision by Mac Kay now makes it possible for others who were waiting for his choice to prepare in earnest for their own potential bids. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.