It’s no compliment to Schreiner if the Liberals view him as one of them
A band of former electees are after Mike Schreiner, who heads the one-seat Green party, to jump ship and join the slightly larger Liberal caucus. The idea is that he could then run for leader and somehow rescue the moribund Liberals from their state of electoral insignificance.The NP Comment newsletter from columnist Colby Cosh and NP Comment editors tackles the important topics with boldness, verve and wit. Get NP Platformed delivered to your inbox weekdays by 4 p.m. ET.
The spectacle of a bunch of party members rushing around in search of a camera-ready figurehead they can trot around the province as the next coming of Liberal hegemony is just one aspect of the project that strikes others as failing to pass the smell test. It’s wholly understandable that those heading the search would fix on Schreiner, who as Green leader has had moderate success in raising the profile of his party and comes across as knowledgeable, capable and serious-minded. A profileprior to the June 2022 election described him as “likeable, sharp and down-to-earth,” which no one was saying about the Liberal leader of the day, former Wynne cabinet minister Steven Del Duca.
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