What I saw first hand as a member of the PC Party was the overwhelming majority of former PC members accepting the will of the combined vote of members of both parties and merging into one entity rather than travelling vainly in the political desert for generations.

Members of both former parties joined together in leadership and policy conventions and then in opposition and finally in government for 3 consecutive elections over 10 years, adopting policies the majority of party members and, for that matter, a plurality of Canadians supported.

If what you claim were true, the CPC would never have enjoyed enough support to win the 2006, 2008 and 2011 elections (the latter one with a slightly higher % of the vote than Trudeau 2.0 in 2015).

I understand Liberals' nostalgia for the 90s when the conservative 3 way split (PC, Reform and Bloc) meant automatic Liberal wins.

And I understand attempts to demonize the CPC and its new leader with specious spins about hidden agendas.

No sale!