text: Well it appears that the rot - which  was borne of the Stephen Harper reformist destruction of progressive conservatives - is thriving in its own waste within the ideals of the Conservative Party of Canada. Until such time that those on the right are able to define themselves to the satisfaction of Canadians as a party that is not a mash up of reformists, big tent evangelicals, social credit dinosaurs and progressives they will fail to amass the ability to govern with any credibility. This display of prophetic line drawing will only further rend any ability for progressive conservatives to find their place in the party. The fractures of the leadership race combined with this type of action will keep them in the hinterland for a generation - perhaps they deserve it; their legacy for faith in the western separatist ideals of a minority on the right.