Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on social media that Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux has crossed the floor to the Liberals.

What in the wow? This puts the Liberals within striking distance of majority territory with the note that they have three byelections to call and so this potential majority may not last long. We shall see.

This has to be close to the final nail in the political coffin of Pierre Poilievre. I mean what more needs to happen for Conservatives to confront the reality that the long-standing stretegy of trending right has not been working?

The future is not bright for the Conservative Party as it currently stands. Their options are limited and fraught with peril. They could lean to the centre but this risks splintering the right and seeing the creation of a new Reform-like party that fragments the vote.

They could stick to their guns and continue on with Poilievre almost guaranteeing a Liberal majority through another election.

They could ditch Poilievre and elect a new leader who move toward the centre but there is no one apparent in the wings and you still have the issue of fragmentation of the rightwing vote.

Interesting times to be sure. I suspect Conservatives moving to the Liberals are being promised patronage appointments in the future such as amabassadorial postings. Unlikely to see them given Senate appointments because they are not guaranteed to continue to support the Liberals in that circumstance.