The news that Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu is crossing the floor to join the Liberal caucus, effectively guaranteeing Prime Minister Mark Carney a parliamentary majority, has not been hailed universally by her constituents.
“She thinks she knows better than her voters?” said one resident of Sarnia–Lambton–Bkejwanong on social media. “What is the flipping point? You wonder why people get radicalized? This is why people get radicalized.”
The Liberal party may yet lose byelections in Toronto’s University–Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest next week, but the odds are about as likely as Canada or Scotland winning this summer’s World Cup (about 150 to 1). The third byelection in Terrebonne in Quebec will be closer, but with Gladu’s road-to-Damascus conversion, it has become less crucial to the Liberals.
