‘No one had this one on their bingo cards’: latest floor-crosser Gladu a surprise addition to Liberal ranks, say politicos

Marilyn Gladu, the fifth opposition MP to join the Carney Liberals, has been ‘rather outspoken’ about issues that may put her at odds with Trudeau-era Liberal MPs, says former Conservative staffer Ashton Arsenault.
The defection of former Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu brings the Liberals only one seat shy of a majority, with 171 seats.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newest Liberal MP, decade-long Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, was far from at the top of the suspected floor-crossers list, say politicos, which illustrates the hastiness of the governing party to finally secure a majority in the House.

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