Gladu’s gift to the Liberals may turn out to be a Trojan horse

In a post-Trump political scenario, Mark Carney will need to build his bona fides on the left. Liberal Marilyn Gladu will make that harder.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, Health Minister Marjorie Michel, second right, and Marilyn Gladu, right, who crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals, pictured at the Liberal policy convention in Montreal on April 9, 2026.The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

April 20, 2026

OTTAWA—Marilyn Gladu’s gift to the Liberal Party may turn out to be a Trojan horse.

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