MP Eve Adams. Conservative -> Liberal

[SirJimmy]

Conservative MP has just switched parties:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eve-adams-former-conservative-mp-joins-liberal-party-1.2950048

Things are starting to look bad for Harper:

- Baird just quit
- Adams not only leaves his party, but joins the Liberals
- The oil-based economy is in free fall
- Overall economy is weakening

I like Harper's fiscal conservatism but hate his social agenda. I cannot vote for a party who labels each and every one of us men who see escorts as criminals. I do not feel like a criminal who should be in jail because I have been paying for sexual services for the last 7 years or so.

The good news (in my opinion) is that the Conservatives are weakening. The bad news is that an early election is probably off the table, for good.

Trudeau said he would undo the Harper's prostitution laws. I hope he follows through if he wins.

 

[vancity_cowboy]

wasn't adams involved in some kind of nomination scandal last year?

sounds like sour grapes to me, plus who knows what kind of enticements trudeau offered to get her to cross the floor?

i guess we'll never know, as i see trudeau has indicated his lack of desire to win the election by announcing he's all for a carbon tax for canadians

 

[Sir_frixalot]

I live in our PM's riding and I can't vote for the goof, MR. Omnibus, a hitler clone is what he is on social programs.
The Feds have never managed the economy successfully, best thing is just leave it be and stay away from meddling in it... And since the PMO runs EVERYTHING, who cares about defections? They do nothing, or are not allowed to, by PM decree...

 

[leoghaire]

she was never going to be able to run for the cons in any regard after her man-toy Dmitri soudas tried to interfere with the nomination process in her riding. She had to challenge for the nomination because what used to be her riding got carved up in redistribution

 

[MissingOne]

I suspect that Mr. Harper is grateful that Mr. Trudeau has taken the Eve Adams problem off his hands.

 

[overdone]

wasn't adams involved in some kind of nomination scandal last year?

you also paid for her hair care and I believe her childcare amongst other things so she could campaign properly

too bad you can't get people to care they're taking it in the ass on a regular basis with not even a reach around!

 

[escapefromstress]

Seven things to know about new Liberal Eve Adams

1. Her website eveadams.ca switched to a picture of her with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau moments after the 9 a.m. announcement. No content, just a picture.

2. Adams was a Mississauga councillor for more than seven years before winning the Mississauga-Brampton South riding in the May 2, 2011, election, defeating three-term Liberal incumbent Navdeep Bains.

3. Adams last August pulled out of a controversial and hotly contested nomination battle in the new riding of Oakville-North Burlington to focus on her recovery from a concussion the previous February. The battle set off allegations of dirty tricks and got Adams’ fiancé, Dimitri Soudas, fired as director of the Conservative Party of Canada.

4. She characterized national attention over her $6 car wash tantrum in December 2013 as a misunderstanding. A Tory supporter and owner of the Island Park Esso station in Ottawa wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office to complain that Adams blocked the car wash and refused to speak to anyone until she got a refund for ice that remained on her bumper.

5. Michael Sona had been an aide to Adams after the 2011 election but resigned in February 2012 after he was linked to fraudulent robocalls in Guelph. He was convicted last year.

6. Her husband, Peter, was accused of misleading voters by using her old Mississauga city campaign posters in his campaign for her old council seat in September 2011. He said he was being environmentally friendly.

7. The daughter of Hungarian immigrants, she was described as “scary smart” and “like a mother tiger” by her colleagues on Mississauga council after she won her first federal seat.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/02/09/seven-things-to-know-about-new-liberal-eve-adams.html

 

[escapefromstress]

Dimitri Soudas on Twitter last night:


‏@D_Soudas
@MikeLakeMP @gmbutts Mike, I'd stand down if I were you on throwing stones from glass houses. What did you ask me to do again?

https://twitter.com/D_Soudas/status/564910542037319680


Justin must be rubbing his hands together with glee!

 

[sofine]

Is it just me or is Eve Adams kinda hot?

 

[Miss*Bijou]

So Jodie Emery is no good but they will take Eve Adams?????

That's exactly what I thought, too.

The language and the words from one party or another may be different.. There may be some minor differences in policy or outcome.. But underneath it all, the Cons, the Liberals and even the NDP (especially under Mulclair) all worship the same Neoliberal capitalist God and they serve the same corporate interests. Honestly, when the difference between all options is so negligible, I'm really not sure how people can still believe that's supposed to represent democracy. I think it's pretty sad. I get what people are saying when they say 'Anyone but Harper' and obviously Harper's such a stain on this country that just about anyone would be better. But beyond his particularly extreme brand of narcissism and his well-known authoritarian tendencies, are the differences really that significant? Yes and no. Harper is definitely a special kind of sociopathic wrecking ball. But many of the things he's done have not faced much opposition.

 

[hornygandalf]

That's exactly what I thought, too.

The language and the words from one party or another may be different.. There may be some minor differences in policy or outcome.. But underneath it all, the Cons, the Liberals and even the NDP (especially under Mulclair) all worship the same Neoliberal capitalist God and they serve the same corporate interests. Honestly, when the difference between all options is so negligible, I'm really not sure how people can still believe that's supposed to represent democracy. I think it's pretty sad. I get what people are saying when they say 'Anyone but Harper' and obviously Harper's such a stain on this country that just about anyone would be better. But beyond his particularly extreme brand of narcissism and his well-known authoritarian tendencies, are the differences really that significant? Yes and no. Harper is definitely a special kind of sociopathic wrecking ball. But many of the things he's done have not faced much opposition.

Pretty much agree. There isn't much difference between the Cons and the Liberals, other than the degree of willingness to tax. And the NDP, in attempting to be seen as economically responsible, as shifted towards the right as well. So, there increasingly isn't a huge amount of difference between the NDP and Liberals, and they will simply split the opposition vote. We need to see the NDP reverse direction and shift more to the left, though this might be political suicide until such time there is proportional representation.

What is really needed are for the Liberals and NDP to come to a power-sharing agreement to ensure that Harper doesn't get another term.
True democracy is on the decline in many countries around the world as we shift towards a blend of neo-fascism and neo-feudalism.
At least, that is my opinion, and no doubt there will be some who disagree

 

[westwoody]

What is really needed are for the Liberals and NDP to come to a power-sharing agreement to ensure that Harper doesn't get another term

They tried a coalition against Harper's minority. Harper lied and convinced the stupid electorate that a coalition was the equivalent of a coup d'etat.

Meanwhile Harper's own party is a coalition of everyone right of centre. Fron neo Nazi to red Tory, they all unite under the party banner.

The left is fragmented among NDP, Liberal, Green and others.

 

[rickoshadows]

Pretty much agree. There isn't much difference between the Cons and the Liberals, other than the degree of willingness to tax. And the NDP, in attempting to be seen as economically responsible, as shifted towards the right as well. So, there increasingly isn't a huge amount of difference between the NDP and Liberals, and they will simply split the opposition vote. We need to see the NDP reverse direction and shift more to the left, though this might be political suicide until such time there is proportional representation.

What is really needed are for the Liberals and NDP to come to a power-sharing agreement to ensure that Harper doesn't get another term.
True democracy is on the decline in many countries around the world as we shift towards a blend of neo-fascism and neo-feudalism.
At least, that is my opinion, and no doubt there will be some who disagree

Actually, I agree that this is the situation, but that it is not a bad thing. The majority of Canadian voters are still smarter than the any of the political movements, although this is becoming less so as use of wedge issues and American style campaigning creeps northward. The reality is that whichever party seeks to lead, must capture the center of the political spectrum. It is where the majority of votes are and this serves to moderate government policies so that there is not a sharp swing one way or another. When a governing party strays to far from the center, a change of government usually follows in favour of a more centrist party. if all parties are to far from the center, then a minority government is the likely result.

 

[Cami Parker]

If your name is seriously Eve Adam's, you're obviously very susceptible to temptation. You're probably much better off as a Liberal...
Just pointing out the obvious

 

[xraytext]

"Eve Adams" - good SP handle.

But seriously pleased she'll be campaigning against Clement. Promising entertainment.