OTTAWA -- If Eve Adams becomes the federal Liberal candidate in the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, local MPP Mike Colle says it will be over his dead body.
Colle has represented the riding provincially for the Liberals for 20 years and he thinks it's "preposterous" that the Conservative defector wants to parachute into a party and a constituency to which she has no ties.
Adams, the Conservative MP for Mississauga-Brampton South, announced Monday that she's joining Justin Trudeau's federal Liberal team.
She is expected to seek the Liberal nomination in Eglinton-Lawrence, currently held by Finance Minister Joe Oliver.
Colle says he's talked to many Liberals in the area and they're "totally negative" about the prospect of Adams carrying the Grit banner in the riding during the next federal election, scheduled for October.
Colle has posted his own reaction on his Facebook page: "Over my dead body."
