but I am skeptical of the impact it had.

Really.

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-candidates-questions-1.5284151-
• https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/how-faith-goldy-became-the-most-dangerous-woman-not-on-the-campaign-trail

BOTH sides in the 2019 election were using allegations of the other team having ties to Faith Goldy as attacks on each other. That speaks for itself.

If this was true, she would never been able to run the campaign in Toronto two years later.

She got 3.4% of the popular vote, and that's based on her name recognition alone.