Mark Carney’s Liberals tried to BUY Conservative MPs to steal a majority. (6.Viewing)

We all knew this was happening, in my opinion when someone crosses the floor to another party they are dismissing the people who voted for them. If I voted for the Conservatives there should be an election if the candidate crosses the floor to another party.

If not why are we voting in the first place?

MapleDots said:

We all knew this was happening, in my opinion when someone crosses the floor to another party they are dismissing the people who voted for them. If I voted for the Conservatives there should be an election if the candidate crosses the floor to another party.

If not why are we voting in the first place?

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How about we have a policy anyone running for office must be a citizen at least 10 years prior.

Well duh!

Do you really think these Conservative MPs jumped ship (angering their constituency and potentially killing their political careers) just because of their "conscience"? There had to be promises of upward movement, cabinet ministries and committees, potentially lucrative board positions after politics, etc. It's the power-hungry Liberals, so there was definitely some palm-greasing.

If people actually though the PCs were jumping ship for free, then Canadians are even dumber than I thought. That's how politics works, especially with the ethic-less Libs.

I would be surprised if this does anything to damage the Liberals, even though it should, after all the other scandals they've been through. The public just doesn't seem to care. You'd think any Conservatives who cross the floor must have a boatload of constituents who are pretty angry about it. I would hate to see the Liberals get a majority out of this. The Liberals are so corrupt and sleazy, anything to maintain and get more power, whether it's good for the country or not. I can only hope that one day enough people wake up and there will be a huge backlash.

Amazes me the surprise as if this only happens with the Liberals. This is politics folks.

jaydub said:

Amazes me the surprise as if this only happens with the Liberals. This is politics folks.

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The level to which the Liberals are pushing, promoting (and getting) MPs to move over to their side is unprecedented, or at least I've never seen this level of "switch sides" activity in Federal politics in my lifetime.

I've said it before and I'll say it again; the Liberals hate Canada and all they care about is gaining power and keeping it at all costs. Canada is just the vehicle for their drive to power, and their interests, goals and devotions are all global, not national. We are all just "little people" that the Liberals can stand upon in order to achieve favor worldwide.

That's why Trudeau did what he did, and effectively broke Canada with his insane "More People!" vote-building strategy, while also doubling our national debt and flooding our country with millions upon millions of temporary foreign workers and foreign students, thus spiking inflation while cratering our standard of living to an all-time low.

In addition, the Libs all want to get a pat on the back from their globalist buddies, hence the crippling carbon tax, an insanely-unattainable set of "green" proposals, our open-door refugee policy, freely allowing the rampant anti-Jew movement to flourish, and demonizing Alberta as some type of "climate-hating" province that needs to be shut down.

Would politicians who "love Canada" and want to protect it, really do all these things?

What amazes me is how desensitized Canadians have become to political scandal and incompetence, which the Liberals pushed to new levels. That Trudeau lasted 10 years after all his scandals just because he had a nice haircut and smile and virtue signalled green policies is amazing. That Carney can lie and say Conservatives are approaching him while clearly there’s a Liberal outeach program to flip seats is amazing. Elbows up got the Liberals elected yet almost a year later no progress with the US and Carney heaps praise on Trump every time they meet. The amount of travel Carney does outside Canada while achieving nothing is stunning, he must have a huge ego to want to feel that important on the world stage. Days that Parliament is actually sitting and active is down dramatically. At least they are talking resource development but at this point its only talk. And its also good that immigration levels are down, it was getting out of control the demand it put on housing and other areas. It all might be too little too late, I’m not convinced there’s worse to come for Canada before it gets better. And at some point you have to say it’s been 11 years of Liberals in power during this decline in living standards and economic stagnation, so it’s them you have to blame plus their voters. And also any inept provincial NDP government like there is in BC.

The last thing Canada needs right now is a majority Liberal government. Everyone should be preparing themselves for the potential of a much lower Canadian dollar, higher interest rates and inflation, and a stagnant or declining economy. At least gas prices are low but we can thank the US for that keeping oil prices low, and I guess partly our own governments for removing the useless carbon tax they themselves created.

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Elbows up got the Liberals elected yet almost a year later no progress with the US and Carney heaps praise on Trump every time they meet.

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It's a lose-lose situation. He could go on the attack, get us hit with a ton more tariffs, and then what? Are the Cons going to be happy? That approach clearly isn't working for Doug Ford.

I agree, I'm just saying that's what he campaigned on and it was a big part of the Liberal agenda in the election, and I'm sure got them votes from suckered voters. I bet the Liberals didn't even believe it, but saw it got traction and just knew it would get them votes. I realize politicians don't always tell the truth but Canada-US trade is a big issue affecting the jobs and livelihoods of many, even most Canadians, and to make a big fuss about Elbows Up and completely fall flat with no delivery or results is awful. Carney overpromised and way underdelivered on probably the biggest issue that affects our economy. Imagine being a leftist Liberal voter expecting Elbows Up, only to see Carney tell Trump on camera he's a transformational President who has secured the world and done so much for the USA. It's hard to tell what the bigger problem is in Canada, the Liberal party or that we have so many people who keep voting for them.

As you said yourself, Canada-U.S. tensions were at an all-time high during the last election. Anyone with half a brain would capitalize on that. Ford saw his highest approval ratings by doing so. Instead, Poilievre blew a 27-point lead because bashing Trudeau was more important than addressing the threat of annexation from our greatest ally. Running a campaign based on being an alternative to one person works great until that person is gone.

I'm not defending Carney, but realize Poilievre failed us too.