Braid: Another Conservative MP crosses; Liberals will have their majority Monday |
Sarnia Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu backed the trucker blockade in Ottawa, along with a bill that would force floor-crossers to quit and run again.
On Wednesday, however, she crossed the floor to become a newly-minted Liberal for Prime Minister Mark Carney — the fifth of her kind.
There’s no quit in this politician.
A less obvious Liberal than Gladu you can’t imagine. She’s as unlikely a flipper as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
But there she was, sounding like Carney’s best friend forever.
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Rumours are everywhere that the defections aren’t done. One or even more could spice up the weekend’s big Liberal convention in Montreal.
Imagine that, trotting out more ex-Conservatives on the convention stage, all praising Carney’s brand of conversion therapy.
At the same time this was shaping up, Katy Merrifield sent the federal Conservative caucus her letter of resignation. Merrifield has been Poilievre’s communication boss. She is largely responsible for his successful post-election move to a more likeable, agreeable style.
Merrifield is a top player in this rarified field. She did it for former B.C. premier Christy Clark, ex-Alberta premier Jason Kenney, and then........