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NEW - Your MP Just Changed Parties. Nobody Asked You

Floor crossing in Canada puts you in a position nobody voted for. Your MP just joined the party you didn't elect them to join. No by-election. No mandate. Just a press release and a new seat in the House. And when the Liberal caucus chair was asked who approached whom and whether any incentives were involved, he could not answer either question. He just knows it happened.

Think about what it feels like when the person sent to represent you quietly moves to the other side. Not because their views changed. Because the governing benches are warmer and the opposition is not much fun anymore. The…

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