OTTAWA — Conservative MPs facing questions about party loyalty are enduring unfair “harassment” fuelled by rumours and Liberal attempts to earn a majority in the House of Commons through convincing opposition members to defect to the government, a senior Tory claims.

In an interview with the Star, Conservative whip Chris Warkentin bemoaned how MPs in his caucus are being repeatedly asked whether they might cross the floor. This comes after a week of parliamentary drama in which one long-time Conservative — Nova Scotia’s Chris d’Entremont — left the party to join the Liberals, and another Conservative from Edmonton announced he would resign his seat one day after multiple sources say he met with Prime Minister Mark Carney and was seriously considering his own move to the government benches

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