It´s time to get tough on MP floor-crossers
It´s still possible for an MP to cross the floor of the House to become a Cabinet minister or a Parliamentary secretary. And each of those positions does entail a pay raise for the lucky MP. This has to stop.
Private members´ bills–that is, bills proposed by MPs or Senators who are not ministers of the Crown or Parliamentary secretaries to ministers–are a way for ordinary Parliamentarians to put forth ideas for legislation that the government either hasn´t thought of, doesn&acu...
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