WI: Thomas Mulcair, the Tory?

WI Thomas Mulcair had joined the Conservative Party as an environmental adviser to Stephen Harper in 2007, become a candidate and won in 2008 and been promoted to an important cabinet portfolio in the Harper govt (presumably Environment)? What changes would this bring to Conservative environmental policy if any, and more interestingly, how would Mulcair impact Tory fortunes in Quebec?
 
I honestly think that, Harper offer nevertheless, this is somewhat ASB: when Mulcair joined the NDP he turned is back on offer from two parties (The tories and the grits) who were imensely more popular, even in Quebec, then the NDP and semingly able to offer him a far more easier path to a position of power.

No one could have predicted even the beguining of the 2011 orange wave. In these circumstances, his choice denote somewhat who put his principes in front of his ambitions, at least broadly speaking and will, therefore, not go with the tories.
 
WI Thomas Mulcair had joined the Conservative Party as an environmental adviser to Stephen Harper in 2007, become a candidate and won in 2008 and been promoted to an important cabinet portfolio in the Harper govt (presumably Environment)? What changes would this bring to Conservative environmental policy if any, and more interestingly, how would Mulcair impact Tory fortunes in Quebec?

Considering he's a member of the NDP IOTL, albeit a very moderate one, he'd probably be a Red Tory/Progressive Conservative.
 
I agree this is very unlikely, but not because of Mulcair's politics. Rather, it's because of why the talks broke down.

According to Mulcair, it was on principle:
“My last exchange was with then chief of staff Ian Brodie, who was also looking at an advisory position. The only subject was Kyoto and climate change. He made it clear that my support for Kyoto would have to change. That, for me, was out of the question. This was our last conversation. Our talks broke off on climate change,”
Meanwhile, according to Harper's press secretary Dmitri Soudas, it was over money:
“He told me he wanted $300,000 a year and that was his bottom line and, basically, I got back to him, saying I couldn’t go higher that $180,000, and I never heard back from him ever again. Two or three months later, he made the jump to the NDP,”
Whichever the case, it's hard to imagine either budging. The CPC isn't going to support action on climate change (as their record shows), and certainly not stop opposing Kyoto (great for the base); it's also hard to see the salary dispute worked out when they're vastly different amounts.

Now if somehow Mulcair did join the Tories, it would certainly be interesting. Ideologically, he'd be in the mold of a Mulroney-era Tory: Quebec nationalist, Blue but not too Blue, strong environmentalist. That's a potent combination and I think he'd be a real star in the cabinet, and certainly seen as the frontrunner to succeed Harper. Whether he'd get that is another question...
 
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