Today, The Toronto Star's Linda Diebel reported "in a significant belt-tightening move, Toronto MP Ken Dryden's campaign for the federal Liberal leadership has had to lay off paid staffers." Mr. Dryden confirmed those layoffs in an interview with the broadsheet. But Scott Brison's leadership campaign wasn't nearly as forthcoming when asked whether his team had gone through a similar round of downsizing. In an interview with Public Eye yesterday, Mr. Brison's campaign manager Leslie Swartman said "staff is coming and going. It's the summer. Some never expected to stay on beyond September. So I'd rather not get into staffing decisions. But we're still continuing on" campaigning. "We're full speed ahead." When pressed about the issue, Ms. Swartman said "I don't think we're going to get into that and talking about that kind of internal campaign stuff publicly. It's not really what we do or talk about on-the-record." She also denied rumours Mr. Brison may drop-out of the race, maintaining that her candidate will be on the leadership ballot at convention.