By the numbers yes and no. In practicality no.
They have 171 MPs but one of them is the Speaker who doesn't vote unless there's a tie.
Practically speaking they have an even split of 170 a piece.
Likely 3.
If enough people cross to give him a stable majority that would be a vote of non-confidence in his leadership. Simply put, he would go from having a chance to bring down the government to losing control of his party and that ability.
My guess is that if Carney gets his majority government on Monday via conservative defections he will be forced to resign.
He did win the recent leadership vote but I don't see how he can remain if enough of his MPs defect to give the LPC a majority. That is as big of a non-confidence vote in...
Now you are getting people from across the GTA and in some cases out near Cobourg.
You are not stuck with whatever or whoever you can get just because of an ill advised requirement.
It would also be impractical.
You would end up hiring gun toting idiots solely because they live in Toronto. As well, what happens if they move out of town, do they resign?
Correct.
It's also worth noting that the Nuremburg Trials set precedent. The logic of "following orders" is no longer a valid legal argument where crimes against humanity, war crimes, etc are concerned.
Trump may not like it but I can see a few key people saying no. I can also see those...