When one of Canada's wealthiest couples decides it's time to abandon the Liberal ship and jump onto the S.S. Harper you know a Conservative majority is a sure thing. Gerry Schwartz got to be one of the wealthiest men in Canada by milking his Liberal connections for all they were worth so for him to publicly burn his bridges with the Liberal Party of Canada means he is convinced they have zero chance to regain power.
Their switch of allegiance has nothing to do with "Harpers support for Israel" but the almighty dollar. Another recent convert to the Conservatives is film producer Robert Lantos who milked successive Liberal governments for millions of tax dollars to make his bad movies. Their ilk has a finely tuned sense of sniffing out a potential gravy train and right now the Liberals are all tapped out. If they somehow miscalculated and the Libs get back in you can bet the farm that Gerry and Co will repent so that they can get their snouts back in the trough.