Another Conservative MP defects as Liberals near majority
Rookie Conservative MP Michael Ma crosses the floor just months after his election, prompting backlash from Pierre Poilievre and renewed concerns about a Liberal majority without an election.
Another Conservative MP has crossed the floor to join the Liberals — putting Mark Carney’s government within one seat of a parliamentary majority.
Michael Ma, the rookie Conservative MP for Markham–Unionville, defected just eight months after being elected. Prime Minister Carney formally introduced Ma as a new Liberal at a party event last night.
Ma’s defection is raising eyebrows, given his recent and sharply worded criticism of Liberal immigration policy. While in Conservative caucus, Ma accused Liberals of undermining borders, supporting a two-tier citizenship system, and handing out Canadian citizenship “to people who want to wear the Team Canada jersey without putting time on the ice.”
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre issued a blistering statement, saying Ma was elected “to fight against Liberal inflationary spending driving up the cost of living,” but has now chosen to “endorse the very policies he was elected to oppose.”
The floor-crossing comes as Carney prepares another major move in Ottawa: appointing close ally Mark Wiseman as Canada’s next ambassador to the United States. According to The Globe and Mail, Wiseman’s appointment has already been approved by cabinet.
Columnist Lorne Gunter joins Marc Patrone to break down the political fallout from the latest floor-crossing, what it means for Conservative unity, and whether the Liberals are on the verge of engineering a majority Parliament without an election.
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This should not be allowed. MP's win based on the votes they get representing a particular party. If the voters wanted the other Party to represent them, they would have voted that way. Any MP not satisfied with their Party should be required to resign and a new special election in that Riding be run. Especially when the act is within 12 months of being elected. This opens the door for a Party to essentially run two candidates. One for each party with the agreement that one would cross the floor.
I sent an email to Mr Ma in which I told him I had been following the subversion and corruption of Canada by the Chinese United Front for decades, as is well established by Sam Cooper’s investigative reports and other sources.
I stated I didn’t believe for a second that his defection had anything to do with ‘thoughtful consideration’ about the Liberals’ supposed stability and beneficence for Canada, or from hearing his constituents’ concerns ‘during door-knocking’.
I believe he was paid or threatened, or both, and that I had no expectation of an honest answer from him or his staff. Finished by telling him he was helping to sell my country into slavery.
The electoral process in this country means nothing and hasn’t meant anything for way longer than Justin Trudeau gained power 10 years ago. Think about it: he had no qualifications for that position or for even being an MP beforehand besides being embedded in his father’s setup which had already been manipulated by the United Front since it got hold of Trudeau Senior back in 1968 through Paul Lin. Trudeau had no business being elected to anything; he was installed to be a CCP/Club of Rome/WEF (but I repeat myself) puppet. The same shadows have put Carney in since. There’s a reason they do whatever they like, spend very little real energy campaigning, use really stupid corny slogans they pull out of a hat: none of it matters. It’s a fraud. The manipulation has already assured the outcome, and the people who are supposed to operate as the ‘checks and balances’ have also been selected by this same cabal, sidelined, bought off or otherwise corrupted. This is no more democratic than the rubber-stamp processes in Beijing and Moscow.