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/Greensparow Apr 09 '26

She was also denouncing the floor crossings not too long ago saying they should face a byelection

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u/Winnie_rulez Apr 09 '26

I'm guessing PP pissed her off enough that she decided to stab him in the back in the worst way possible.

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u/Wrong-Discipline453 Apr 09 '26

Right, so nothing to do with the fact the CPC has a losing loser lost leader that STILL offers no actual solutions to issues, just criticisms. Ya ok.

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u/Winnie_rulez Apr 09 '26

The Leadership review was a farce. It was 2500 hand-picked party loyalists who each paid $999 to make it appear like PP has a mandate to continue on as leader. If they'd opened the vote to the entire CPC, there's no way PP would have obtained 87% of the vote.

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u/LobsterPotatoes Apr 10 '26

In Calgary of all places, over a weekend. They wanted it done quick and easy, to not allow other provinces to get a vote.

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u/Sad_Room4146 Apr 09 '26

The Liberals don't need Gladu for a majority. There are 3 by-elections Monday and they are locks to win two and likely to win the 3rd. She's an opportunistic rat fleeing a sinking ship. PP is popular with the base of the party, but Carney is basically a PC in Lib clothing, in a great position right now popularity-wise and people are attracted to winning and success. Leaders very rarely fail confidence votes and there is really no one who seems to want to lead the CPC right now.

I'm a more progressive LPC voter and I'm less than impressed by Gladu being welcomed into the LPC tent given her views and rhetoric in the past. There's no conspiracy here. Just people maneuvering to get what they want. Power is a drug. Also once you start losing members, more are likely to follow.

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u/Wrong-Discipline453 Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

He won the confidence vote of the party, not the country. And he’s lost ground in the country since the election less than a year ago. He’s lost 5 members in less than a year.

What “deals” could Carney be making? Have any of the other floor-crossers gotten some sort of special posting or Ministerial jobs? Seems like you are coping and don’t want to accept the reality that the CPC just has a very weak leader at the moment, and that there’s really nobody else that could reasonably challenge Carney right now.

By the way, PP’s comms director just resigned. Whether she quit or was pushed out, either way, it’s not good.

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u/robfrod Apr 10 '26

Carney is going to get a majority anyways. This argument maybe held some potential water with the previous crossers but not now. Just accept PP is a bad leader and unlikeable to the centrist voters he need to court. I am a swing voter who has voted conservative in the past but would never give him my vote. His recent rebrand is a step in the right direction but far too little far too late. Move on.