Two days after crossing the floor to the Liberal Party, MP Eve Adams tells CP24 she is getting a lot of support from her new colleagues and hopes to win people over in the Eglinton-Lawrence riding.

Here is what politicans are saying about the news:

David Peterson, former Ontario premier

While he admits he does not speak for the entire Liberal Party, Peterson says he has ‘welcomed her’ and thinks she will “make a contribution."

“She is a very strong woman. This is not an easy thing to do what she has been through… She has had a tough time in the Conservative Party. She is attracted to a more gentle style of leadership in the sense that it is a little more kind. It is a pretty rough business sometimes as you know. So I accept that at face value and say, ‘God bless you, come and join the party,’” Peterson said.

However, the former Liberal premier noted that Adams’ transition to the party will not be an easy one.

“There is no entitlements here. She is going to have to fight her way through a nomination and election so don’t get the impression that it is easy. This isn’t an automatic ascension into heaven.”

On the topic of Adams’ fiance Dimitri Soudas, who once served as Harper’s director of communications, Peterson said he doesn’t believe the ‘conspiracy’ theories that the pair were a package deal.

“He is not going to walk in and take over the Liberal Party. It strikes me that he came because they’re are in a relationship,” Peterson said.

“I do understand the tenancies of some media types to get these conspiracies into their head. I don’t see that and I have no knowledge of that. I think his role will be supportive of the woman in his life.”

Liberal MPP Mike Colle, Eglinton-Lawrence

When Colle, who has represented the riding provincially for 20 years, learned that the former Conservative MP was vying to become a federal Liberal candidate, he posted on Facebook, "Over my dead body."

“Almost 100 per cent of the people (in Eglinton-Lawrence) that have emailed me, called me, run into me on the street have said, 'This is crazy. Who is this person? Wasn’t she just a Tory yesterday?' They are unanimously opposed to her representing them," Colle told CP24 Wednesday afternoon. 

"They know nothing about her. She has never been here, all of sudden from Mississauga she is an instant Liberal here in Eglinton-Lawrence.”

After receiving this feedback, Colle said he thought he should make it known to the people in Ottawa that the news wasn't sitting well with people in the riding. Though he hasn't been directly confronted about his comments, Colle said he has heard through "back channels" that some are not too happy with his decision.

Colle said he believes that Adams "got the wrong advice."

"Someone that was rejected by the conservatives, not good enough for them, and then all of a sudden is embraced by the Liberals. I don’t think it looks good from an ordinary person’s point of view," he said. 

“I can’t predict what is going to happen but all I know is that a lot of Liberals are not going to support her and are not going to be… excited about her nomination. But she is welcome to try it." 

Thomas Mulcair, Leader of the federal NDP party

Mulcair told CP24 Monday that he believes the move "stokes cynicism on the part of the electorate." 

"You get elected as a person but you also get elected as part of a party. You’ve got ideas that you are putting forward. Now this person has backed every single thing Stephen Harper has done in the last nine years and decides she disagrees with herself," Mulcair said, adding that the NDP has a "strong, hard and fast" policy against floor crossing.

"I can honestly tell you in the case of senior conservatives ever even thinking about coming over to the NDP, of course, it would be out of the question,” he said.

Joe Oliver, federal finance minister who represents Eglinton-Lawrence

Oliver released a written statement following the news Wednesday and was quick to point out that Adams has not yet won the Liberal nomination in the riding.

"In the meantime, I will continue to do what I have done for the last four years; represent the values and interests of the people of Eglinton- Lawrence," the statement read.

"I will also continue to work on behalf of all Canadians to create jobs and opportunities across this great country."