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   Dirty party; dirty candidates; dirty in-fights.  Good riddance to   
   another one . . .   
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   CBC News Posted: Mar 30, 2014   
      
      
   Dimitri Soudas out as Conservative Party executive director   
      
      
   Dimitri Soudas has been forced out as the Conservative Party of Canada's   
   executive director after allegedly trying to interfere with his   
   fiancee's Conservative nomination battle, CBC News has learned.   
      
   Soudas, who was Prime Minister Stephen Harper's director of   
   communications in 2011, has been the party's executive director since   
   December. He was in charge of communications for the Canadian Olympic   
   Committee in the interim.   
      
   Sources tell CBC News the party's national council will be briefed on   
   the move during a conference call at 9 p.m. ET.   
      
   Soudas's fiancée, Eve Adams, is fighting local chiropractor Natalia   
   Lishchyna for the Conservative nomination in Oakville-North Burlington,   
   a newly created riding that technically won't exist until the next   
   election. Adams is the MP for Mississauga-Brampton South, a riding   
   that's being split in 2015.   
      
   The Canadian Press has reported that tempers flared when Adams showed up   
   at a riding board meeting March 19, and was asked to leave after an   
   unpleasant exchange. Two separate Conservative sources said one board   
   member threatened to call the police when she stayed on.   
      
   Soudas was waiting for her in an adjacent hallway to pick her up. Adams   
   has been recovering from a concussion from a fall last month in Ottawa.   
      
   Longtime party organizer Wally Butts expressed frustration with the   
   situation in Oakville-North Burlington, pointing out in an email to   
   party officials that "Dimitri is my ultimate boss."   
      
   Butts, who was close to late national campaign director Doug Finley and   
   his wife, cabinet minister Diane Finley, was let go shortly thereafter.   
      
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