This can only be good for the Liberals

Saw this in today's Globe & Mail. This is good news for the Liberals and should make anyone (on the left coast anyways) think twice before voting Conservative. I'm reprinting part of it here. Hope that doesn't upset anyone at the Globe.

Noted Green activist goes red

Environmentalist Briony Penn climbs out on a limb with the Liberals

SID TAFLER
Special to The Globe and Mail

VICTORIA -- Briony Penn, a leading light of the environmental movement on the West Coast, has announced her candidacy for the Liberal Party in the next federal election.

Ms. Penn, 46, filed her nomination papers yesterday for the riding of Saanich Gulf-Islands, currently held by Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn.

Her decision to join the Liberals and resign from the Green Party, which she has supported for more than a decade, will likely enhance Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion's reputation as a champion of the environment but bitterly disappoint Greens loyal to Leader Elizabeth May.

Ms. Penn, a well-known eco-activist, author and media personality who once portrayed Lady Godiva in a protest in downtown Vancouver, said she is running for the Liberals "with my green shirt on" as part of an unofficial Liberal/Green alliance she sees developing across the country.