The 
bombshell of the day was the defection of Conservative Party MP Belinda Stronach to the Liberal Party. It didn’t go over well (naturally) at the HQ of the Conservative Party, the party that (together with the BQ) is just about ready to sack the Liberal government next Thursday.
Earlier this year, Stronach (and another Conservative MP) opted to break the ranks and vote against a motion on same-sex marriage legislation brought up by the leader of the CP, Steven Harper (picture above). That didn’t really go over well.
No matter what the CP members will say, they’ve lost a moderate voice in the party, or as the BBC says:
She was someone they could always point to when the Liberals or New Democrats tried to accuse the Conservatives of being made up of grumpy old men. There are other dynamic women MPs in the party, but it’s a real blow, Belinda really was a beacon
The good news is that the loonie rallied just because of this news.