Don Davies: “When a parliamentarian crosses the floor to join a different party than they were elected with, they are unilaterally…”

So that’s another reason I’m more concerned about this bill now than I used to be, because now you have MPs who cross the floor openly saying that they think they can get more government pork in their riding.

Having followed every step necessary to ensure their strike is legal and legitimate, CUPE cabin crew workers should not have to fear that government will intervene on behalf of WestJet to force them back to work.

The prospect of MPs being enticed by backroom deals emerges and the notion that only government members get resources for their constituencies smacks of the pork barrel politics more reminiscent of the United States deep south than in…

The balance of power in this House was shifted not by voters in an election, but by political operatives in the backroom, holding private conversations hidden from the public.