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Letters: With floor crossings, why do we even bother to vote?
Readers speak out about Tory MP Marilyn Gladu's defection to the Liberals, the proposed $9B Alto rail line, judging judges, and more
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Re: Marilyn Gladu says her floor-crossing is the ‘best thing for my riding, for the country and for myself’ — Jordan Gowling, April 9
Letters: With floor crossings, why do we even bother to vote? Back to video
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu was crossing the floor to the Liberals because, “In a time of global uncertainty, Canada’s success will depend on how we build ambition into progress and strengths into sustained advantage.”
Right, like building a $90-billion high-speed train from Toronto to Quebec City instead of a pipeline? Recent events show how desperately we need to get our oil and gas to market.
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In a letter to her former colleagues in the Conservative caucus, Gladu wrote, “all of you know what I stand for.” Yes, indeed, they most certainly do: being self-serving, career-advancing, back-stabbing and hypocritical is what she stands for.
If we were a serious democracy, there would be legislation preventing floor crossings. Canada is about to get a Liberal majority that it did not vote for.
But since we........