{"id":478,"date":"2026-04-12T03:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/478\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T03:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:43:46","slug":"editorial-disloyal-conservatives-should-leave-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/478\/","title":{"rendered":"EDITORIAL: Disloyal Conservatives should leave \u2013 now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There\u2019s a political cancer in the Conservative Party of Canada that needs to be cut out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s Conservative MPs considering defecting to the Liberals and anonymously blabbing about it, in addition to the four who have already defected to Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These anonymous, floor crossers in waiting, should out themselves now and leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Get it over with and don\u2019t let the door hit you on the way out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stop undermining your (former) party with the death of a thousand cuts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Conservative floor crossers who have already defected to the Liberals \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/mp-marilyn-gladu-becomes-latest-153228535.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Marilyn Gladu;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Marilyn Gladu&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marilyn Gladu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/democracy-watchdog-files-ethics-complaint-211107987.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chris d\u2019Entremont;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chris d\u2019Entremont&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris d\u2019Entremont<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/petition-urging-michael-ma-resignation-190559557.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Ma;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Michael Ma&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Ma<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/lilley-matt-jeneroux-spent-enough-171730097.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt Jeneroux;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Matt Jeneroux&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Jeneroux<\/a> \u2013 are about to make Carney the only Canadian prime minister in history to use the backroom negotiations of floor-crossing to achieve a majority government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Talk about a <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/editorial-carney-tainted-majority-government-213050007.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:tainted political legacy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;tainted political legacy&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tainted political legacy<\/a> for these four former Conservatives \u2013 or the \u201cfickle four\u201d as we call them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Carney will get his majority government on Monday night when the Liberals are widely expected to win at least two and possibly three new seats in byelections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for the Conservative floor crossers \u2013 both those who have already gone and those still to bolt \u2013 they\u2019re weakening the Conservative Party in its legitimate role as the official opposition.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED VIDEOMost Canadians believe crossing the floor should trigger byelection<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/little-support-among-canadians-mps-203134190.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Most Canadians certainly don\u2019t approve;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Most Canadians certainly don\u2019t approve&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Most Canadians certainly don\u2019t approve<\/a> of what they\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A recent Ipsos\/Global News poll found almost 70% of Canadians surveyed said crossing the floor should trigger an immediate byelection, while 62% said candidates should not be allowed to switch parties after an election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Finally, if the Conservative caucus doesn\u2019t believe it can win the next election under Pierre Poilievre, then it should use the Reform Act, sponsored and championed by Conservative MP Michael Chong, to remove him as leader through a caucus vote and begin the search for a new one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Just remember that in doing so, the Conservative caucus would be opposing the views of 84.7% of the party\u2019s grassroots, who <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/kinsella-conservatives-adore-pierre-poilievre-155903236.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:endorsed Poilievre\u2019s leadership at the recent Conservative convention;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;endorsed Poilievre\u2019s leadership at the recent Conservative convention&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">endorsed Poilievre\u2019s leadership at the recent Conservative convention<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Indeed, what the ongoing circus in Conservative ranks actually exposes is an enormous rift within the party that it needs to heal before it becomes permanent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The alternative is perpetual opposition to the Liberals who have now win four national elections in a row from 2015 to 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a political cancer in the Conservative Party of Canada that needs to be cut out. 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