Mr. Speaker, since the last election, Canadians have wondered how many of the NDP caucus are actually committed to Canada. Yesterday, Canadians got their answer.
Today in the National Post we read, “NDP defection leaves [the NDP leader] facing a mess of his own making”.
The Toronto Star says, “When federalist political parties play footsie with separatists, bad things can happen”.
Tasha Kheiriddin warns “the NDP can forget about 58 seats in la belle province, forget about being a government-in-waiting – and backbenchers...can forget about even holding their seats”.
Elizabeth Thompson says the defection exposes the NDP's Achilles heel and “all the finesse of a knife sliding between shoulder blades”.
Joan Bryden of Canadian Press says the defection “raised doubts about the NDP's ability to hang on to its new-found base in Quebec”.
The leader of the NDP needs to step up. If he will not separate the separatists from his party, Canadians will separate his party from Parliament.