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The Liberals are running a corrupt government that will stop at nothing to stay in power, Interim Progressive Conservative Leader Jim Wilson says.

In his verbal broadside, Wilson said the fact there are three OPP investigations involving the Grits speaks to the kind of scandals that have made the public even more cynical about politics.

The government has just lost all integrity on all fronts as far as I am concerned . . . these people just dont have a conscience and they will do anything to win, he told reporters at Queens Park Wednesday.

His vitriol is a sign of things to come when the spring session of the legislature begins Tuesday.

This session begins with a dark shadow. The Liberals once again have traded their integrity for political gain in the recent Sudbury byelection, Wilson said.

Ontario Provincial Police allege that Pat Sorbara, one of Premier Kathleen Wynnes most-trusted aides, and Sudbury Liberal activist Gerry Lougheed, illegally coerced ex-Grit candidate Andrew Olivier to clear the way for the appointment of eventual winner Glenn Thibeault.

Wynne, who along with Sorbara are to be questioned by the OPP, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, including holding out jobs and or appointments as an inducement for Olivier to back away from running for the Liberals.

Our views on this matter are well known, any suggestion that anything was offered in exchange for any action is false, said a spokeswoman for Wynne.

It is common for an investigator to make an allegation in an ITO (Information to Obtain) in order to obtain a production order. It is in no way confirmation that an offence has occurred. We will of course co-operate fully, Zita Astravas said.

The OPPs allegations, contained in a search warrant filed at the Barrie courthouse, have not been proven and no charges have been laid.

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MP Eve Adams announces in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 that she is leaving the Conservative Party to join the Liberal Party of Canada. If Adams becomes the federal Liberal candidate in the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, local MPP Mike Colle says it will be over his dead body THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

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By Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - If Eve Adams becomes the federal Liberal candidate in the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, local MPP Mike Colle says it will be over his dead body.

Colle, who's represented the riding provincially for the Liberals for 20 years, says the Conservative defector can't be allowed to simply parachute into a party and a constituency to which she has no ties.

"I just find the whole thing preposterous," Colle said in an interview Tuesday.

"I mean, that a Harper Tory from Mississauga all of a sudden is going to run here in the middle of Toronto with no connections and no awareness? You know, it's a real insult to the local Liberals in this community."

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau stunned many in his party on Monday when he announced that Adams, a lifelong Conservative who currently represents the riding of Mississauga-Brampton South, was crossing the floor to sit as a Liberal.

Adams said she hopes to carry the Liberal banner in a Toronto-area riding during the coming election, scheduled for October. She didn't identify the riding but is expected to seek the Liberal nomination in Eglinton-Lawrence, currently held by Finance Minister Joe Oliver.

Conservatives continued Tuesday to characterize Adams' defection as pure opportunism sparked by the governing party's decision late last month to bar her from running anywhere.

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Former senior Conservative Party adviser Dimitri Soudas will join the Liberals with partner Eve Adams, who crossed the floor Monday morning, CTV News has learned.

Adams announced Monday morning that she would be leaving the Conservative caucus, where she most recently served as parliamentary secretary to health, to join the Liberal party.

It is not clear in what capacity Soudas will be working with the Liberals. According to CTV Deputy Ottawa Bureau Chief Laurie Graham, Soudas will at least work with the Liberals leading into the next election.

Soudas has worked closely with the Conservative party and Prime Minister Stephen Harper as his director of communications. Last year, he was forced out as executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada over allegations about his involvement in Adams Conservative nomination bid for the riding of Oakville-North Burlington. The relationship between Soudas and the Conservatives soured after the split, said Graham.

Dimitri Soudas arrives with a handful, maybe perhaps boxes full, of information, Graham told CTV News Channel. Soudas has a lot of secrets. He tells people that. He knows a lot. He knows what went on in the Prime Ministers Office. He knows a lot more about Stephen Harper than perhaps many around him.

In an interview with CTVs Question Period last May, Soudas described Harper as a father figure.

The news about Soudas comes hours after Adams announced she would be joining the Liberals. She made the announcement alongside Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in Ottawa.

"I no longer feel at home in the Conservative party either politically or intellectually," she said.

Adams said her decision was a "difficult" one, following a hard year with a controversial nomination battle in her riding of Mississauga-Brampton South and health issues. She said she can no longer support the Conservatives, a party she has supported for more than 25 years.

"I can no longer support mean-spirited leadership that divides people instead of bringing them together.

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In June of 1968, Pat Mahoney persuaded 47 per cent of the residents of Calgary South to choose him as their MP during Pierre Trudeaus first election. Since then, no federal Liberal has won an election in the heart of conservative Canada.

Forty-seven years later, a Liberal Party being led by another Trudeau contesting his first election at the helm is adamant that the long drought is coming to an end.

Calgarians deserve much better from their representatives, Justin Trudeau said on Thursday as he introduced his partys candidates to a packed hall in downtown Calgary.

As Mr. Trudeau rallies voters in southern Alberta, Liberal organizers boast that the partys current slate of candidates in the province is one of the strongest it has ever fielded. At the centre of their hopes of breaking the partys losing streak is Kent Hehr.

A popular Liberal MLA, the 45-year-old is running in the Calgary Centre riding that covers most of the citys downtown.

I feel nothing but support wherever I go. Its going to happen, Mr. Hehr said of a win for the Liberals. And itll just be a reflection of the way the demographics have changed in Calgary Centre. Its a Liberal riding, and now theyve got someone to vote for.

The riding overlaps the constituency Mr. Hehr has represented in the provincial legislature since 2008.

The day after introducing some of his candidates, Mr. Trudeau delivered a speech at the Calgary Petroleum Club that was interrupted by standing ovations. The private club caters to the citys oil elite, a group that has a turbulent history with the Liberals and the Trudeau family.

Im the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, my last name is Trudeau and Im standing here at the Petroleum Club in Calgary. I understand how energy issues can divide the country, Mr. Trudeau said, alluding to unpopular energy policies implemented by prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

Unlike some of his predecessors, Justin Trudeau has had a consistent presence in Calgary. While locals remember snubs by former prime ministers Jean Chrtien and Paul Martin during past elections, Mr. Trudeau made Albertas largest city the first stop during his leadership campaign.

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Federal Liberals hope changing Calgary demographics will break dry spell

Allison Jones, The Canadian Press Published Monday, February 9, 2015 3:19PM EST Last Updated Monday, February 9, 2015 5:59PM EST

TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and her deputy chief of staff will meet with police investigators, the premier's office said Monday, as the Liberals denied allegations they broke the law in the lead-up to a recent byelection.

"We've been clear that the authorities have our full co-operation, and we are confident that after Premier Wynne and Pat Sorbara meet with the investigators, they will reach the same conclusion," Wynne's spokeswoman, Zita Astravas, said Monday in an email.

The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating allegations that Liberal officials offered their Sudbury, Ont., candidate from the June election a job or appointment late last year in exchange for not running in last Thursday's byelection.

Wynne appointed former NDP MP Glenn Thibeault, who won the byelection, instead of holding a nomination.

The spurned candidate, Andrew Olivier, is quadriplegic and records many conversations because he can't take notes, so he has put the audio of his talks with two Liberals -- including Pat Sorbara, the premier's deputy chief of staff -- online, saying they back up his claims.

Earlier Monday, deputy premier Deb Matthews said she is "absolutely convinced" the Liberals did nothing criminal in behind-the-scenes talks ahead of the byelection.

Matthews admitted she hasn't listened to Olivier's audio recordings, but said she is confident the allegations are false.

"I am absolutely convinced that there was no breach," she said. "I have not listened to the tapes. But I've seen enough."

Progressive Conservative house leader Steve Clark said the Liberals "gave up their integrity" to win the Sudbury seat.

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