He Said He Was Leaving for His Family. Three Months Later, He Crossed the Floor

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Feb 19, 2026 · 19m

Crossing the floor in Canada: your elected representative just did it, three months after announcing he was leaving politics to spend time with family. Now he holds a brand new title, "special advisor to the Prime Minister," and nobody in public life can tell you what it means, what it does, or who's writing the check.

Mark Carney has spent his political career positioning above the partisan fray, and this week he's openly benefiting from what Lindsay Broadhead calls "the darker arts of politics." On the other side, Polievre had to publicly declare that a sitting Conservative MP "speaks for…