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OTTAWA — Pierre Trudeau once said opposition MPs should be encouraged to leave the House of Commons. “Every time they do, the IQ in this House rises considerably,” he said.

But very soon, we are going to have to institute a campaign to encourage MPs to stay — the House is getting more empty by the day.

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Industry Minister James Moore is ending his 15-year career in politics and will not seek re-election.

He is the latest in a string of long-time Conservative MPs bowing out for this campaign.

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James Moore, the Industry Minister, is the latest to say he won’t seek re-election in October. Moore has been in public life for 15 years, having served five terms, all by the age of 39. He follows John Baird, Peter MacKay, James Rajotte, Shelley Glover and others in heading to the exits. The suggestion from some quarters is that fear of being booted from office by an angry electorate is not just running along the Conservative benches, it’s positively galloping.