Businessman and potential Conservative leadership contender Kevin O’Leary abruptly deleted a video he posted on Twitter this morning — one in which he says he’s heading to “Capitol Hill” for a meeting with Conservative MPs.

But he left it on his Facebook page.

“Look at this snow, know where I am? Ottawa, Canada, capital of Canada right now. And I’m going up to Capitol Hill in a few minutes to meet with Conservative MPs,” says O’Leary in the video.

O’Leary subsequently tweeted that he’s in Ottawa “doing business” and paying a visit to ‘Parliament Hill’. Evidently he didn’t want to lead his 577,000 Twitter followers to believe he had his hills — and countries — mixed up.

In Ottawa doing business, thought I’d stop by & say hi at Parliament Hill . Stay tuned for a live broadcast on Facebook in the next hour! — Kevin O’Leary (@kevinolearytv) December 12, 2016

Business, as it turned out, was a speech to Conservative MPs and senators at the Château Laurier hotel, just down the road from Parliament Hill.

In what O’Leary said was supposed to be a private event, he gave a speech describing himself as a “pissed off taxpayer” and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a “surfer dude”, according to reporters who learned of the speech and managed to arrive in time to hear it.

CTV reported that former Senator Marjory LeBreton is a part of O’Leary’s leadership exploratory committee.

As estimated twenty or so Conservative MPs and senators heard O’Leary speak. Others showed up just after he finished.

.@kevinolearytv starts his speech to invited Conservatives at Chateau Laurier. Gets round of applause for saying he’s a pissed off taxpayer. pic.twitter.com/4vM0lHfPu6 — Laura Payton (@laura_payton) December 12, 2016

Kevin O’Leary complains Justin Trudeau “a surfer dude” in speech to Conservative MPs. https://t.co/QFiHpCstHq — Laura Payton (@laura_payton) December 12, 2016

On Friday, CTV’S Don Martin tweeted that O’Leary might declare his candidacy at a luncheon speech Monday.

O’Leary is hosting a luncheon for Conservative MPs on Monday and may declare his candidacy there, sources tell @DonMartinCTV. #ctvpp #cpcldr — CTV Power Play (@CTV_PowerPlay) December 9, 2016

While he didn’t end up doing that, Marilyn Gladu, the Conservative MP for Sarnia-Lambton, told iPolitics he might as well have.

“I came today because Kevin O’Leary is going to declare — that’s clear. Previously he’s said some things that are really not good for the Conservative Party, where he was disparaging towards Conservative Party MPs and Conservative Party strategies. And so if he wants to be running for the Conservative Party, obviously the first step is to win the leadership race,” said Gladu, who has already thrown her support behind Andrew Scheer.

“That’s a vote that happens from Conservative Party members that don’t take well that someone who’s never cared about the party and has said bad things about the party, would jump into the race.”

But Gladu said that O’Leary’s remarks Monday were an olive branch, and that he’d recognized he had to have the party’s back. She also said he changed his mind about the need to speak French, acknowledging it was important that he try to learn.

Conservative MP James Bezan, who was also in attendance, told iPolitics it was essential the Conservative Party leader speak French, and that he couldn’t support a candidate who didn’t. Bezan is supporting Erin O’Toole’s leadership bid.

B.C. MP Todd Doherty, who’s also endorsed O’Toole, wanted to hear O’Leary anyway.

“I think he’s got some very interesting thoughts,” he said. “I’m already with Erin O’Toole, but for me it’s about winning in 2019…You can’t look beyond his fiscal ability. He’s run a lot of businesses. He’s very successful, and we’ll see how that translates in the debates,” he said.

Gladu agreed O’Leary’s economic message is strong, but she stressed he has to offer more.

“You have to have a balance of fiscal conservatism and social compassion. And so what will Kevin O’Leary do to show people he cares about the poor, he cares about veterans, he cares about seniors on a fixed income? He’s not previously shown compassion in that light,” she said.

“Whether he will come and embrace that concept, or whether he just wants to be Dragons’ Den Kevin, we’ll have to see.”