Shiftheads - She Was Denouncing Floor Crossers Last Week. This Week She Is One

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Apr 10, 2026 · 9m

Marilyn Gladue floor crossing to the Liberals is the kind of news that made Rob Breakenridge wonder if he was thinking of the wrong person. Then wonder if it was a late April Fools joke. Then confirm it was real and sit with the fact that she had been denouncing other floor crossers just days before.

What do you actually get out of crossing the floor? Not a cabinet post. Rob Breakenridge is clear on that. Not necessarily more freedom in caucus. Not even a guaranteed seat, given how conservative her riding has been. Marilyn Gladue spent years as one of the most ardent social conservatives in…