Much is being made of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s successful efforts to poach MPs from both the Conservative and New Democratic parties in an effort to convert his minority Liberal government into a majority.
But these MPs’ parliamentary perambulations are small potatoes compared to events in the early 2000s. Floor-crossings in those years helped determine the future of the conservative movement, the fate of a Liberal government and Canada’s foreign policy. Herewith, a brief history lesson on that era – the golden age of crossing the floor.
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