I was a Liberal voter as well until Chretien got a hold of the reins and defeated Paul Martin who was my candidate as a red-tory Liberal. Martin, I would have been happy with as a PM, as well as Marc Garneau.I have been a lifetime Liberal till Trudope came over
I immediately left the party because under Chretien the shift that we are witnessing under Trudeau began in earnest. I recall Warren Kinsella was Chretien's Chief of Staff and whenever anyone (white male) questioned the benefit of certain policies he immediately went into the calling of that person racist. He was the master of this form of spin and it was very effective at shutting down opposition. Chretien condoned this.
Look what he did to Max Bernier of the PPC. Ironically, reading his posts on X he no longer supports the Liberals nor Trudeau.