Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crosses floor from NDP to Liberals

sootoday - OTTAWA — The NDP says Nunavut MP Lori Idlout has crossed the floor to join the Liberals, pushing Prime Minister Mark Carney's government closer to a majority. Idlout's move follows defections to the Liberals by three Conservatives in recent months.

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FIRST READING: What the floor-crossers got in return

6 hrs / nationalpost / Tristin Hopper

Current and former politicians in Nunavut support MP’s decision to cross floor

22 hrs / theglobeandmail / Emily Haws

Floor-crossing MPs should face their angry voters in snap byelections, as Carney is unfairly winning a majority

23 hrs / thehub / Graeme Gordon

Morning Update: Carney scores another MP defection

34 hrs / theglobeandmail / Danielle Groen

Jesse Kline: Even this Avi Lewis super-fan is fleeing the NDP

34 hrs / nationalpost / Jesse Kline

Please Advise! Measuring the NDP’s Chances

39 hrs / thetyee / Steve Burgess

Of the floor crossings so far, Lori Idlout’s defection will leave a mark

43 hrs / theglobeandmail / Campbell Clark

Politics Insider: Nunavut MP’s floor crossing brings Liberals closer to majority government

45 hrs / theglobeandmail / Ian Bailey

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says constituents urged her to join Carney government

46 hrs / theglobeandmail

Idlout one of more than 300 MPs who have crossed the floor in Parliament's history

2 days / sootoday

Little support among Canadians for MPs switching parties: Poll

2 days / torontosun / Spiro Papuckoski

ANALYSIS: What does the latest floor-crosser mean for Carney's government?

2 days / westernstandard / Jackson Loy

New Democrats feel the Carney burn as Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crosses floor to Liberals

2 days / rabble / David J. Climenhaga

Mark your calendar: April 13 looks promising as the day Carney gets his majority

2 days / nationalpost / Stewart Lewis

Carney inching closer to majority with NDP floor-crossing ahead of byelections

2 days / sootoday

Idlout says she felt she was 'betraying' her constituents by staying with NDP

2 days / sootoday

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crosses the floor to join the Liberals

2 days / theglobeandmail

New Liberal MP Idlout says threats to the North key to her floor-crossing decision

2 days / sootoday

New Liberal MP Idlout says threats to the North key to her floor-crossing decision

2 days / citynews / News Staff

Carney says ex-NDP floor-crosser Lori Idlout is ‘invaluable’ for Liberals

2 days / globalnews / Uday Rana

LILLEY: With NDP floor crosser, Carney effectively has a majority now

2 days / torontosun / Brian Lilley

Nunavut MP says ‘it wasn’t just one thing’ that made her cross the floor to the Liberals

2 days / nationalpost / Stuart Thomson

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout cites Northern priorities in joining Liberals

2 days / theglobeandmail / Stephanie Levitz

Idlout's floor-crossing gets Carney closer to majority as byelections loom

2 days / sootoday

Idlout floor crossing gets Carney closer to a majority as byelections loom

2 days / nationalobserver / David Baxter

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crosses floor from NDP to join Liberals

2 days / nationalobserver / David Baxter, Curtis Ng

In the news: Nunavut MP Idlout join Liberals, Carney edges closer to majority

2 days / sootoday

Idlout floor crossing gets Carney closer to majority as byelections loom

2 days / sootoday

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crossing floor to join Liberals, NDP say

2 days / torontosun / Jordan Ercit

BREAKING: NDP MP crosses floor to join Liberal Party, leaving them two seats short of a majority

2 days / westernstandard / Will Vasseur

MP Lori Idlout crosses the floor to join Liberals, says interim NDP leader

2 days / nationalpost / Stephanie Taylor

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crosses floor from NDP to Liberals

2 days / sootoday

NDP MP Lori Idlout crosses floor to Liberals

2 days / globalnews / Alessia Simona Maratta

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crosses floor from NDP to Liberals

2 days / theglobeandmail / Bill Curry

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout joins the Liberals, NDP leader says

2 days / citynews / Meredith Bond

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