Given the history of the PC party it seems that the choices were vote with the party or you will never be promoted again and you may be kicked out of the party. Doug Griffiths said as much at one of the debates.
So knowing that, and knowing that a culture of bullying exists that could see projects in your riding canceled or not started at all due to your actions the questions becomes is this your breaking point? For the politicians who left the PC's they did so over an issue that was important enough to them that they could no longer sit in silence. Guy stood his ground on the hospice care in his community and was kicked out of the party for it. Raj felt the culture of intimidation within the health community was worth getting fired over. Can you blame them for not quitting over a restructuring of their salaries especially when the issue has already been brought before the media and no one seemed to care? And once the salary structure was in place it was setup so that 30% of their wages required them to join three committees. Not committees of their choice but three that were picked by the party in power and assigned.
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