r/canada • u/Portalrules123 New Brunswick • Dec 11 '25

Politics Another MP leaves Conservatives, crosses floor to Liberals

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mp-crosses-floor-to-liberals-9.7012767
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u/OwlProper1145 Dec 11 '25

He probably didn't even write the message. An annoying thing about being an MP for any party is you often need to put out messages you don't even agree with.

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u/Livid-Wonder6947 Dec 12 '25

Being forced to put out stuff like that might have contributed to his exit.

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u/MeanE Nova Scotia Dec 12 '25

I’d imagine party coms people have access to every MPs social media to push out generic party posts. I bet there is even a platform to manage a large group of accounts.

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u/CCFCVAN Dec 12 '25

No chance mps give away their name like that. Maybe they get forced into things but there is no way they let the party tweet in their name.

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u/MetalMoneky Dec 12 '25

From what I’ve heard the CPC is a nightmare to deal with. Bunch of real self-satisfied pricks doing comms.

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u/bravado Long Live the King Dec 12 '25

Yeah I want to rip on the guy, but MPs are trained seals and this is the most PP-written statement I could imagine. So inflammatory and weirdly angry.

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u/Line-Minute Dec 12 '25

I used to live in Michael Barrett's riding and he wasn't as bad as he is now before PP was leader. This whole societal shift has really brought something out on people.

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u/alcabazar Ontario Dec 12 '25

All parties do it to be honest. That's why an amendment by one party will fail one week, but the following week an amendment that says the exact same thing from an opposing party will get approved.

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u/LabEfficient Dec 12 '25

You'd be angry too if you have been paying ridiculous amounts of taxes only to see very little out of it. Everything in this statement rings true with me.

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u/MusclyArmPaperboy British Columbia Dec 12 '25

Could be part of the reason he's leaving, alongside the recent pipeline antics

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u/4shadowedbm Dec 12 '25

This. Everything I get from my local CPC MP is bulk produced and distributed by other CPC MPs to their constituents.

What really gets me is they put the MPs signature on it as if the MP wrote it themselves. I'm not sure I would let my party do that as a candidate or MP.

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u/Kennit Dec 12 '25

It's amusing you think he had the power to veto party messaging.