Floor Crossing Politicians

Canadian history is dotted with floor-crossers. Voters haven’t always been thrilled Floor-crossing often met with outrage, but nothing in the rules to stop it Traitor, shameful, brave, principled. There’s a spectrum of terms used to describe MPs who cross the floor. But history shows us there’s one word that doesn’t always stick when Canadian politicians shed one party affiliation for another: re-electable. Jaws dropped in Ottawa following the revelation that longtime Conservative Chris d’Entremont is joining the federal Liberal caucus — with Prime Minister Mark Carney hinting others could follow. Floor-crossing is a political phenomenon dating back to Confederation. But... View Article