The split is likely one of the reasons the party is having trouble selling tickets to Saturday's event. According to the Huffington Post, ticket sales for Saturday's showcase have been so poor, the party is literally giving general admission tickets away.

A spokesperson for the Liberal Party told Yahoo! Canada News there will be 1,500 people at the event.

"We expect 1500 [people]," said Sarah Bain.

"And note there are five price points. General admission is only one of the five categories."

Regardless, it's clear that the party's format isn't winning much support.

"Breaking this thing up over two different weekends, in two different cities, was always a dumb, dumb idea," Liberal insider and Sun News columnist Warren Kinsella wrote on his website.

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