All about Eve, Part 2
Re: What Gain For Liberals With Adams?, Michael Den Tandt, Feb. 11. There was a time when Justin Trudeau could claim to have taken the moral high road. Even his high-handed decree antiabortionists could not be part not the Liberal Party could at least claim a certain righteousness and social conscience.
Not this time. He welcomed into the fold a Conservative MP, rejected by her party on moral and ethical grounds, singing her praise, even though she had been strenuously arguing for the policies she now rejects.
Eve Adams is not even an opportunist; she is a party reject clinging to political jetsam and flotsam. The only thing the two have in common is lack of conviction and good looks. In politics, however, good looks will only take you so far.
Sigmund Roseth, Mississauga, Ont. It is obvious Eve Adams is acting solely out of opportunism and self-interest in preserving her political career. But why would Justin Trudeau take in a midranking MP with lots of baggage? I guess we can also ask why he would speak so insouciantly about the CF-18s Prime Minister Stephen Harper was willing to send to fight Islamic State of Iraq & al-Sham.
And what about his knee-jerk reaction to the Jian Ghomeshi scandal? He quickly booted two of his MPs accused of misconduct by two New Democratic Party MPs to show he does not tolerate sexual harassment. The investigation has gone quiet and the two in question are in political limbo.
It is clear Mr. Trudeau has an impulsive nature. A mature, sober thought process is what Canada needs in her prime minister. He has a long way to go if he is ever to be entrusted with the reins of power.
Chani Aryeh-Bain, Toronto. I have never understood the rationale of our Canadian political system that allows an MP elected by voters to change parties mid-term. MPs are elected to represent a political point of view, be it Conservative, Liberal, or whatever.
How can an MP unilaterally change her political allegiance and effectively give “the finger” to all those who voted for her? Having changed sides, who does she represent? The only proper course is for her to resign, triggering a byelection, in which she run under her new colours.
Peter Linnett, Toronto.