Mark Carney has his majority now.<\/p>\n
Even before the byelections, Carney\u2019s Liberals held the majority of occupied seats in the House of Commons. In less than a year, the PM went from leading a minority government to a majority without having to ask voters to endorse him and his plan again.<\/p>\n
Who needs elections when backroom deals will get you the result you want?<\/p>\n
There have been calls since last November when Chris D\u2019Entremont crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals<\/a> for the practice to be banned. Those calls heated up again after Marylin Gladu crossed the floor after supporting a petition to make the practice illegal just weeks ago.<\/p>\n Could floor-crossing be banned?<\/p>\n Laws banning floor-crossing have passed at the provincial level. The law in New Brunswick was repealed before it was ever tested in court, but a Manitoba law banning floor crossing was challenged in 2017 and was upheld before being repealed.<\/p>\n Proposing such a law would be popular with voters, but it won\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t matter what the electorate thinks of floor-crossing, just like turkeys don\u2019t vote to be on the menu for Christmas dinner, politicians who benefit from floor crossing aren\u2019t about to make it illegal.<\/p>\n So, what will Carney\u2019s Liberal team do now?<\/p>\n Liberals seem confused about what they stand for<\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear and they seem like a confused party. No wonder when you have MPs sitting in the same caucus who are from the far-left of the NDP, an whole group of eco-warriors like Steven Guilbeault, rich business guy conservatives like Michael Ma and Freedom Convoy defender Gladu all in the same caucus.<\/p>\n We found out over the weekend that the Liberal Party believes that children need to be 16 years of age or older to have social media accounts<\/a>. According to the Liberal Party, having kids under 16 hold social media accounts can have detrimental effects on children.<\/p>\n This is the same party that believes that 12- and 13-year-olds are wise enough to make the decision, without parental input, to transition their gender and start taking puberty blockers.<\/p>\n Those are two policies held by that party that don\u2019t seem to jibe.<\/p>\n An exit tax to keep successful people in Canada<\/p>\n