i've seen this happen about a dozen times, now, and the candidate that the party tries to push down never survives. the party has blown safe seats this way. it has sen leaders lose their seats this way. and, why wouldn't it expect blowback from what is quite obviously the subversion of a basic democratic principle of self-determination?

so, this is the question we're going to be asking ourselves over the next couple of years: why is the liberal party of canada incapable of learning simple lessons from simple errors?

http://www.hilltimes.com/2017/02/27/markham-thornhill-liberals-open-revolt-alleging-party-rigging-nomination-process-get-pm-trudeaus-top-adviser-ng-elected-candidate/97556