MP Eve Adams moves to Liberals from Conservatives
OTTAWAConservative MP Eve Adams has defected to the Liberals, denouncing the mean-spirited leadership and politics of division of the party she leaves behind.
Adams appeared alongside Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau at a Monday morning news conference to make the surprise announcement.
Adams, who represents MississaugaBrampton South, told reporters that the decision comes after a long period of reflection and said the Conservative party no longer represents her values.
The Conservatives, however, cast the decision as pure opportunism by a woman spurned. Party president John Walsh said Adams asked just a couple weeks ago about running in another riding, after the party barred her last summer from running in Oakville NorthBurlington.
I informed her in writing on Jan. 29 that she would not be permitted to run for our party in the next election due to the misconduct from the Oakville NorthBurlington nomination race, Walsh said in a statement.
Adams said Monday that she approached the Liberals several weeks ago, leading to several private conversations with Trudeau. Adams said she told the prime minister about the decision in a letter delivered Monday.
Still, the move comes after Adams was frozen out by the Conservatives and left with no riding to represent that party in the Greater Toronto area.
Adams spoke glowingly of the Trudeau and his optimistic leadership and his welcoming and inclusive vision of Canada, a sharp contrast she said of the party she abandons.
She spoke critically of the partys policies condemning the plan for income splitting and the way it practices politics, saying the Conservatives like to pit one group against another.
But until recently, she was a loyal defender of the Conservatives and in role as parliamentary secretary to the minister of health, spoke out to advocate for its positions in the Commons.
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MP Eve Adams moves to Liberals from Conservatives