Conservative ‘nobodies’ paving the way to Liberal dynasty

Pierre Trudeau famously said that opposition MPs are nobodies 50 yards from Parliament Hill – and today it’s a handful of Conservative nobodies who are laying the foundation for another Liberal dynasty in Ottawa.

Floor-crossings from the Conservatives to the Liberals by Michael Ma last week and Chris d’Entremont after the Liberal budget in November – hardly national figures – put the Liberals at 171 seats, one-seat shy of a majority government in the 343-seat House of Commons.

Both announcements were timed to do the most damage to the Conservatives.

D’Entremont’s blew Conservatism criticism of the Liberals’ November budget out of the news cycle, focusing instead on his defection while Ma’s – coming out of the blue as Parliament was adjourning for Christmas – reignited the issue of i