NEW | Two more senators defect to upstart group, one citing Scheer's leadership. CBC.ca/1.5363311 #cdnpoli #SenCA 
Two more senators are leaving their caucuses to join the upstart Canadian Senators Group, with Conservative Quebec Sen. Jean-Guy Dagenais citing his discontent with leader Andrew Scheer as the reason for his defection.
The other defector, P.E.I. Sen. @PercyDowne, is also joining the CSG — only days after he agreed to disband the Senate Liberal caucus and sit with his former colleagues as a member of the Progressive Senate Group.
Under Senate rules, a group or caucus must have at least nine members to be considered "recognized" — a designation that gives a group extra funding for staff and research. With Downe gone, the Progressive Senate Group has eight members.
The Senate's website removed any reference to the Progressives Monday, re-classifying those senators as "non-affiliated."
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