Michael Ma’s floor crossing from the Conservatives to the Liberals was so shameless, it’s almost worthy of respect. There was no issue of conscience that Ma was wrestling with, no loud calls from his constituents that he must aid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s quest for a majority, no apparent fallout with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
In fact, there doesn’t appear to be any reason at all, least of all a defensible one, for why the rookie MP, having just been elected less than eight months ago, needed to change parties. Ma, of course, tried to spin it all as a matter of principle, saying in a statement issued by the Liberals that his decision was made after “listening carefully to the people of Markham–Unionville in recent weeks.” (?)
Those would be the very same people who, again, just sent him to Ottawa as a Conservative in April.
While parliamentary convention permits floor crossing, the whole business is embarrassing for everyone involved, kind of like how there is no law against adultery. It is hard to overstate just how cynical this floor crossing is. The day before being welcomed with applause at the Liberal Christmas party, Ma danced at the Conservative Christmas party and was photographed with Poilievre and his wife, Anaida.
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In fact, there doesn’t appear to be any reason at all, least of all a defensible one, for why the rookie MP, having just been elected less than eight months ago, needed to change parties. Ma, of course, tried to spin it all as a matter of principle, saying in a statement issued by the Liberals that his decision was made after “listening carefully to the people of Markham–Unionville in recent weeks.” (?)
Those would be the very same people who, again, just sent him to Ottawa as a Conservative in April.
While parliamentary convention permits floor crossing, the whole business is embarrassing for everyone involved, kind of like how there is no law against adultery. It is hard to overstate just how cynical this floor crossing is. The day before being welcomed with applause at the Liberal Christmas party, Ma danced at the Conservative Christmas party and was photographed with Poilievre and his wife, Anaida.
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The newly minted Liberal was dancing at the Conservative Christmas party the night before crossing the floor