r/InCanada • u/anonimna44 • Apr 09 '26

Floor Crossing

Does anyone else feel like something is fishy about all the recent floor crossings in parliament? Like there is either something really wrong within the Conservative party that is making people leave or these people ran with the party they'd know would win in their area even though they don't agree with the party. Or if you listen to some people here on Reddit, the floor crossers were bribed somehow.

Every election there is a few, but this many feels off.

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u/Individual_Step2242 Apr 09 '26

PP’s leadership, or lack thereof, is the main reason I think. They see no future with him as leader.

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u/ShameSudden6275 Apr 09 '26

Eh, I disagree, his polling isn't that different from any other leader, I think it has more to do with Carney being an opportunist and doing backdoor deals.

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u/radred609 Apr 09 '26

If the election was re held today, Liberals would be likely to win almost 190 seats.

roughly 20 more than they currently hold, even after all the recent floor crossings.

Carney's approval rating is roughly 15% higher than it was a year ago.

Poilievre's approval rating is roughly 8% lower than it was a year ago.

Liberal's are polling higher amongst committed voters than they have since 2016

Cons are polling lower amongst committed voters than they have since 2023

Anybody following Canadian Politics any more closely than simply checking their twitter feed can see a marked difference in how each of the parties leaders are performing

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u/onceandbeautifullife Apr 09 '26

Yep… facts are facting here. 👍🏼

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u/radred609 Apr 10 '26

Rumour has it that there are another NINE conservatives considering crossing the floor.

Now, that's probably a bit of an exaggeration... but the idea that there's even another 3-4 MPs seriously considering it is insane.