PM Carney welcomes floor-crosser d’Entremont who suggests there could be more.
Excerpted from CTV article November 5/25
Chris d’Entremont is being celebrated by his new Liberal colleagues with cheers and open arms on Parliament Hill Wednesday morning, after crossing the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals.
Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly welcomed d’Entremont, and thanked him for his decision, which brings Carney’s minority government one vote closer to a majority, now just two seats shy.
“I saw it by being a part of the government caucus,” d’Entremont said. “I would suggest that there probably are those that are in the same boat, but I will let them tell their stories, if that happens.”
Rumours have swirled for weeks that opposition other MPs are considering joining the Liberal benches.
In question period Wednesday afternoon, however, d’Entrement’s defection went largely unaddressed. Aside from a few quips from other MPs, neither Carney nor Poilievre mentioned it directly.
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