 On February 28, 1992, the "Toronto Sun" broke the story that the Heritage Front had infiltrated the Reform Party.Droege claimed as many as 150 to 200 Heritage Front members were also members of the Reform Party, including some at the riding executive levels, but only a handful were discovered to be actual Heritage Front members.When Reform Party executives became aware that Heritage Front members had joined the Reform Party, a special committee of the Executive Council began an investigation.