Smiling broadly, Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed MP Lori Idlout to the Liberal caucus on Wednesday after convincing yet another opposition member to defect to the governing party — a political coup that brings him one step closer to a majority government.
Speaking briefly to reporters on Parliament Hill with Idlout by his side, Carney said the former New Democrat is “one of the greatest constituency MPs” who has ably represented Nunavut, a riding he noted is as big as Mexico but has a small fraction of the people.
He said Idlout is “very down to earth,” and together they will work on projects “large and small in Nunavut.”
