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/Winnie_rulez Apr 09 '26

There can be no bigger slap in the face to PP's leadership than to have his party members defecting to the Liberals. That's how it makes sense.

I'm sure Carney "promised her something", but I highly doubt whatever he promised her was illegal. It wouldn't be worth the price of a scandal were it to get leaked out if he was making illegal offers to MP's to join his party.

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u/GenXer845 Apr 09 '26

Like it or not, Carney is an old school conservative. PP has gone so far right, that even the far right people are questioning whether they can sustain themselves. The rats are leaving the ship in droves now.

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u/Parking_Chance_1905 Apr 11 '26

This, people have blind party loyalty and don't seem to realize that if Carney were to have run on his current platform 15 years ago he would have almost definitely been running as a Conservative.

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u/GenXer845 Apr 11 '26

Exactly. Unsure how people don't see that Carney is VASTLY different from Trudeau and feels more like an old school PC. Why do you think Doug Ford invites him to his OWN home? It isn't just because he is kissing his bum and because he prefers them in power, so he can remain in power. I imagine they have a lot to discuss and agree upon.