In a short video, Quebec MP Rayes says he was dispirited by the nasty tone of politics, and Poilievre’s populist embrace of it in the leadership race
If you think Alain Rayes left Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party because the former was a Red Tory diehard, think again. It wasn’t about right and left., he said he was not bitter, but it was obviously a sour departure. The Quebec MP said he was dispirited by how mean-spirited and ugly politics has become. He meant within his own party. He said he had felt it., such as climate policy, but Mr. Rayes has sold Conservative environmental policy for seven years.
“I saw how some conducted themselves in the leadership campaign, not just the candidates but even the members, the new members who joined the party. You wouldn’t wish on our worst enemy the attacks we saw go by on social media and in e-mails, even after the leader was elected,” he said. Let’s not exaggerate the impact: Mr. Rayes is one MP, and he is not likely to start of a series of defections or round of dissent. Mr. Poilievre’s overwhelming first-ballot victory has put him in undeniable control of the Conservative Party. The Quebec Conservative caucus had mostly backed Mr. Charest in the leadership race, but most appear to be staying with the new boss. Mr. Poilievre went to the party’s Quebec caucus meeting on Monday as a kind of conciliatory step.
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