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Former Tory exec Dimitri Soudas helped Eve Adams defect to Liberals
DANIEL LEBLANC AND STEVEN CHASE
Ottawa — The Globe and Mail
Published Monday, Feb. 09 2015, 9:06 AM EST
Last updated Monday, Feb. 09 2015, 9:40 PM EST
Dimitri Soudas helped broker the defection of his fiancée and former Conservative MP Eve Adams to the Liberal Party, in a stunning move for a long-time Harper loyalist and former high-ranking Conservative official.
Ms. Adams is now exploring the possibility of running in the Toronto-area riding of Eglinton-Lawrence against Finance Minister Joe Oliver. Party sources said this is why she quickly attacked the government’s income-splitting proposal, despite past support for the matter, in her first public comments as a Liberal MP.
Mr. Soudas was one of the most partisan and loyal aides to Prime Minister Stephen Harper for more than a decade. But he was forced out as executive director of the Conservative Party over his involvement in Ms. Adams’s messy nomination battle in Oakville North-Burlington last year, and he is now expected to become a Liberal member.
Ms. Adams was forced to quit that nomination race over allegations of “misconduct.” The party’s internal review is expected to look into allegations that she received unfair advantages and that she verbally abused party members during a March 19 board meeting of the Conservative Oakville North-Burlington riding association.
As part of repeated efforts to find a riding, Ms. Adams made a plea directly to Mr. Harper last month in a Mississauga hotel. Only three people were in the room: the Prime Minister, Ms. Adams and a Conservative staff member.
Mr. Harper declined to intervene, saying it was up to the Conservative Party’s national council to decide the matter.
“He told her he doesn’t get involved in nominations,” a source said.
Mr. Harper also made a point of saying he knew Mr. Soudas was still supporting the MP. “He indicated to her that he was aware that Dimitri was downstairs” in the hotel, the source said.
Ms. Adams was finally told by the Conservatives on Jan. 29 that she would not be allowed to run anywhere for the party, Conservative sources said. Ms. Adams said the episode sparked a period of “soul searching,” at which point she reached out to the Liberal Party and decided to jump ship. After 25 years as a Conservative, she appeared alongside Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on Monday, unleashing a series of attacks against the Prime Minister’s leadership style.
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