2 Ontario MPs switch allegiance from Brown to Poilievre in Conservative leadership race

Two Ontario members of Parliament switched allegiances within the Conservative management race Tuesday as rising divisions prompted them to throw their assist from Patrick Brown to Pierre Poilievre within the title of celebration unity.

Flamborough-Glanbrook MP Dan Muys and Dufferin-Caledon MP Kyle Seeback beforehand signalled their assist for the Brampton mayor in March, however now say Poilievre is the candidate who can pull the celebration collectively.

“Let’s put the divisiveness away, unite our motion behind #Pierre4PM,” Seeback wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning.

Muys adopted up shortly after, backing Seeback’s sentiments.

“I’m more and more involved concerning the divisiveness,” Muys wrote on Twitter of the celebration’s management race. “Let’s unify behind Pierre Poilievre.”

Occasion unity has been a rising concern for the Conservative devoted because the fractious management race started, and has solely intensified as rhetoric from the assorted camps has grow to be much less forgiving.

Brown, Poilievre, Jean Charest, Leslyn Lewis, Roman Baber and Scott Aitchison are all anticipated to look on the primary poll of the management election within the fall.

Brown already enjoys much less favour from sitting caucus members than most of his opponents, and the lack of the 2 MPs means he has solely two left on his aspect, together with marketing campaign co-chair Michelle Rempel Garner.

Seeback advised reporters again in March he supported Brown partly due to his vocal opposition to Quebec’s secularism legislation, which bans spiritual symbols for civil servants in positions of authority.

“There are numerous cultural communities that take issues like Invoice 21 very severely and I feel Patrick goes to be the man to push on that and he’ll be a terrific chief,” he stated in March.

He additionally stated he felt Brown had enchantment within the Better Toronto Space, the place Conservatives are attempting to develop their assist.

Seeback and Muys didn’t instantly reply to requests for additional touch upon their choice to modify camps.

A number of candidates have claimed to be the one ones who can unite the celebration as soon as the race is over and heal divisions which have festered because the final election.

However the race might get uglier earlier than that occurs, now that the deadline to promote memberships has handed and candidates look to shake their opponents’ assist earlier than the vote in September.

Baber launched a press release Tuesday pressuring the celebration to launch a preliminary checklist of voters as quickly as attainable so the candidates can start their efforts to influence supporters to their aspect over the subsequent a number of months.