Ontario Provincial Police have launched an investigation into allegations that a senior federal Conservative played a role offering an inducement to a mayoral candidate in Ottawa.
Former MP John Reynolds is named in a sworn affidavit from Terry Kilrea, who was a candidate for mayor in Ottawa's 2006 election.
Kilrea dropped out of the race in August last year.
He has claimed Mayor Larry O'Brien offered to pay his campaign expenses if he dropped out.
According to the affidavit, O'Brien also asked what would happen if Kilrea were offered a job on the National Parole Board.
The same affidavit names John Reynolds as the man who could make that happen.