Former Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu has crossed the floor to the Liberals, becoming the latest to switch over to the government caucus and bringing Prime Minister Mark Carney just one seat away from a functional majority.
The move from Gladu, the MP for the Ontario riding of Sarnia—Lambton–Bkejwanong, comes days before three byelections are set to be held that could reset the balance of power in Parliament.
Carney and Gladu both issued statements Wednesday morning to announce the move, with the prime minister saying he was “honoured” to welcome Gladu into the Liberal caucus.
Gladu said she had heard from her constituents that they want “serious leadership and a real plan” for the economy, and that she had made “a choice to do the best thing for our community’s priorities, and importantly, for our country.”
Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday, Gladu said Carney had “invited me to bring my experience, my talents and my views into the large Liberal tent, and I think that will have a better effect inside than it will outside.”
“We need a serious leader who can address the uncertainty that has arrived due to the unjustified American tariffs,” she said. “We need a global leader with a plan to make a more resilient Canada, a stronger Canada, a more self-reliant Canada for this critical moment.
“That man is our prime minister, Mark Carney.”
Carney highlighted Gladu’s engineering and business experience and called her “one of the most collaborative members of Parliament, working across party lines on important issues” since she was first elected in 2015.
“(She’s) really dedicated to her electors in Sarnia—Lambton–Bkejwanong, which I am informed rightly means ‘where the waters meet,'” he said. “And the waters, in my analogy, are meeting in service of Canadians at this crucial time for our country.
“We couldn’t be happier to have this expertise, experience and energy coming to our team.”
Gladu previously ran for the Conservative leadership in 2020 and is an engineer by trade.
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She has also generated controversy in the past with her public comments and social conservative views.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, she was criticized by then-Conservative leader Erin O’Toole for downplaying the severity of the virus and the safety of vaccines in an interview. She later apologized.
Gladu also appeared to promote unproven treatments for COVID-19 and pushed for workplaces to reopen at the height of the pandemic, in comments she later said were taken out of context.
While running for the Conservative leadership in 2020 against O’Toole, Gladu said she would allow caucus members to bring forward private members bills to restrict abortion, saying it would allow for “healthy discussion.”
Gladu also sparked an angry response from the Mexican government in 2018 when she implied that many Mexican visitors to Canada are involved in the illegal drug trade.
That statement came during debate over legislation that ultimately made marijuana legal across Canada, a policy Gladu opposed.
In 2021, Gladu was one of 62 Conservative MPs who voted against legislation outlawing conversion therapy, a discredited practice that has been used on LGBTQ2 Canadians.
After Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won the party leadership in 2022, Gladu said in a statement that she was “proud to have supported him every step of the way, and looking forward to uniting our party under his leadership.”
Gladu was criticizing Carney and the Liberals as recently as late March for policies she said were making life “more expensive for Canadians” and on issues including immigration and the use of the Emergencies Act.
She has also spoken out against floor-crossing in the past. In January, she praised Conservative MP Amarjeet Gill for “being true to the voters who elected you” after he said he had refused the Liberals’ “encouragement” for him to join their caucus.
Gladu was quoted in local Ontario media voicing support for floor-crossers to face immediate byelections, a position supported by a majority of Canadians in an Ipsos poll last month.
“The people in her community voted for our Conservative vision of a Canada that is affordable, safe, and strong at home, not for the costly Liberal government she has now joined,” Poilievre said in a social media statement. “She should honour her word and let voters decide.”
NDP MP Leah Gazan, meanwhile, pointed to Gladu’s past controversial statements while accusing Carney of “further sacrificing long-held Liberal positions on issues of fundamental rights.”
“We are seeing more evidence every day that Mark Carney is a conservative, and that there are now two conservative parties in the House of Commons,” she said in a statement.
Carney majority within reach
Gladu’s crossing to the Liberals puts the governing party at 171 seats in the House of Commons — just one seat shy of a functional majority.
That would require House of Commons Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia to break ties when voting on legislation and motions. Although Scarpaleggia is a Liberal MP, he is not guaranteed to side with his party.
If the Liberals get 173 seats, that would secure a slim but “full” majority government that does not rely on the Speaker breaking ties.
Byelections are set to be held in three ridings Monday, including Terrebonne, the Quebec riding where last year’s election was called for the Liberal candidate by one vote. The Supreme Court of Canada later nullified the result after a challenge from the Bloc Quebecois.
While Terrebonne remains a toss-up between the Liberals and the Bloc, the other two byelection ridings — Scarborough Southwest and University–Rosedale, both in the Greater Toronto Area — are considered safe Liberal seats.
Carney’s Liberals were elected to government last April with 169 seats, including Terrebonne. Several Liberal MPs have also retired since then, fluctuating their seat count.
Since December, three other former Conservative MPs — Chris d’Entremont, Michael Ma and Matt Jeneroux — have crossed the floor to the Liberals, while Lori Idlout switched from the NDP to join the government caucus last month.
Maybe she just wants to eat Carney for lunch but can’t get into pouncing range without being a member
She is probably one of the Conservatives that was compromised by the CCP.
Got her marching orders from Beijing to step over to the Libs,swear the oath to Xi and serve his apprentice Carney
Floor crossing should trigger an immediate election in the MPs riding
This is shameful and treacherous behavior regardless of which side crosses.
As a Conservative the last thing I would want is a Liberal MP to join the CPC.Those crackpot leftists ruin everything they touch,why would anyone want them around other than the Ostriches that keep this circus in power.
If the people’s vote means this little in a country that is supposed to be some ‘bastion of democracy’, then as a planet we are f**ked.
Canada makes me want to puke.
Freeland must have asked for a body guard so Carney got her one.
I would say that Miss. Gladu is a Traitor. What she has done by crossing the floor Illegally might I add would be called a Traitorous act and she should be fined for her bad actions
Her constituents voted overwhelmingly for the CPC. She must be considering leaving at the next election as she will be blowtorched by the riding. I guess she wants to be in Govt until that. Shameful behaviour by Gladu.
loser
She needs to die.
While our system of democracy does provide for the crossing of the floor to join another party, what Carney has done is insidious and stretches the boundaries of our democracy to lengths never before seen. In doing so he has discredited parliament, the cornerstone of our democracy, simply to achieve an unelected majority government and those who he has persuaded to cross have been duped with whatever promises he has made to them. His majority government is unelected and therefore illegitimate and as such must be rejected by all who value democracy. To do anything else merely supports the slow destruction of our democracy and with that our rights and freedoms. It is a slow but calculated demise, being achieved step by step and anti freedom bill by bill in parliament. They say the devil is in the details but in Canada he is in our face.
LOL Her X account, 3.8 k likes – 14.2 k replies .
Yah,Well Done there Queen !
Thanks to “good leader P.P.”
Today I heard your broadcaster say most of the people commenting regarding the latest floor crossing were claiming our Conservative leader was the problem.
Are the people saying this conservatives? Or just liberals trying to convince the public he’s the problem.
I think the liberals are so scared Pierre Poilievre is ‘bang on’ with his voice and concern with Canada’s future. They continue to discredit him using false names, AI accounts, and payouts to the media who no longer fight to find the truth.
Poilievre is totally in power and the number one choice of all Conservatives as per his latest win as the leader.
Liberals and the media they own are trying to tell us he is the problem.
The real problem is the back room bribes and corruption the liberals are doing to destroy our democracy! Carney is a traitor and a tyrant who is destroying our once proud nation. Nothing that comes out of his mouth is ever done or the truth. He is a repugnant, lying rich elite who cares nothing for Canadians or any person outside of his circle of communist, narcissistic, power mongers trying to control the world by destroying our values, morality, compassion, and lives only to benefit his own.
When will the once respected truth finders stop taking the liberal bribes and start doing their jobs again?
How do you sleep at night, knowing you are selling out our once proud nation.
There should be a new election then, people didn’t vote liberal for a reason
A liar with no values or accountability. She will make a perfect Liberal!
Floor crossing should trigger an immediate election. My stand on this is exempt of party sides. I would agree with any angered Liberal voter if their MP crossed the floor to the CPC.I understand how our system of parliament works but for the voter who chooses by a particular party’s policies this really is an unfair system.
3 more years of gumflapping with no concrete results hopefully will wake up the country, but then again Trudeau was reelected twice so the evidence is clear that it is possible to survive with only one functioning brain cell.
As a lifelong Conservative voter and supporter, that is it for my involvement with this party. It has become nothing more than a harbor for Liberals in wait for their chance to join the Liberals.
Besides they have done nothing to oppose garbage Liberal policies like the prohibition of various firearms,the ridiculous overspending of this disastrous government and the absurd leftist ideology based programs that waste tax dollars,time and resources.
See you later Blue Liberals ,the PPC might just gain my support
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It was ok for cons that Pee pee lost the election and even worse his own seat, then only to regain his seat went to separatist Alberta.
But it is not ok for cons when few of their mp to do what they have done.
LMAO
No wonder they would rather elect Fence Post types.
HOW DO YOU MAGICALLY WAKE UP ONE MORNING a ( CONSERVATIVE ), AND DO A COMPLETE 180 ON ALL YOUR IDEALS and BELIEFS and BECOME a LIBERAL OVERNIGHT ? CARNEY PAYING ALL THESE PEOPLE OFF, WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS TO HAVE A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT. HE’S GETTING THERE, SLOWLY BUT SURELY. CAN YOU SAY ORGANIZED CRIME ENOUGH TIMES ?
The hell with what the voters voted for, hey? This should result in an immediate by-election. Funny how all of a sudden, leftists couldn’t care less about democracy.
Remember when Danielle Smith crossed the floor. Now people idolize that filthy waste of flesh.
Politicians, as loyal as a rattlesnake.
From cross dressers to floor crossers
What is this country becoming ?
Corruption reigns supreme.
The AB Separatists give a big “Thank You” shout-out to the bought-off floor crossers…showing how Canada leads the race to the bottom in democracy!
No matter which political party you support you know this floor crossing nonsense is the end of democracy if it’s allowed to continue.
Well at least they got rid of her bad smell.
How demoralizing, why do we even bother, not wasting my precious time any more.
All you fascist azzholes who are all for the corruption of Carney and the Liberals. Aint no f*ckin Canadians in my book. Just ugly traitors. Go get F*cked.
There must be something ‘not right’ with a party that loses so many people to the opposition.
The leader is the main problem, yet they voted for him!
I have no respect for her or anyone who crosses the floor without explanation ion. What did Carney offer her?
This is so wrong. People took the time to vote for this turncoat to run as a Conservative. These pathetic turncoats should have to have an election held asap. Traitors . The people that voted for this person should be outraged and protest outside her office.
Crossing the aisle is a long-accepted, well-established aspect of Canadian (and British) politics, with a centuries long history. Winston Churchill crossed the aisle… twice! Was he a traitor? I think not.
This has nothing to do with “Libs” vs. “Cons”; it’s about politicians doing what they think is best for their constituents and their country, and getting behind the person they see as a better leader.
If you’re a “true blue” Conservative-only, don’t worry, be patient. The Tories will eventually form the government of Canada again. It’s just a matter of time. Removing Poilievre from leadership would definitely help, but right now, Carney is simply the right man for the time and circumstances.
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I’m curious as to how much money they are all being handed. It’s a little too obvious. I would imprison them for a year.
Literally spitting in the faces of those who elected her.
Libverals are garbage.
Leave it to a Liberal to obtain absolute power by weaselly floor crossings. The sithlord Palpatine arises.
Thank you for coming over to the Liberal Party. Prime Minister Canrney Hasbeen a goft to us. He is the only one whom I want to run the country during these difficult times. Thank you for switching and supporting our Prime Minister.
Pretty much ends the idea that Canada is a democracy
I love me some nice co ck up my azz.
This should be illegal. Second they cross the floor they’re riding should be pushed up for re-election. Mark Kearney is obviously buying his way to a majority government and this fraud and deception needs to be stopped immediately.
Its just really fishy that so many are crossing sides. Makes me think they have been promised something. Thus is why if an mp crosses sides there needs to be an election in that riding. People voted in a conservative and they now have a liberal mp. Something is not right about this
Its obvious of some kind of benefit be it financial gain?, job security? marc will bribe his way into a majority then call an early election while sending out $$ to the struggling voters in the form of hst credit or perhaps a “pain at the pump” benefit.. regardless its all self serving while his real paycheck comes from his commander and chief Brookfield
Corruption at its finest.
I’d love to see these floor crossers punished.
Carney made some good (lucky?) trades like clogged up canola oil for EVs for cities.
He shouldn’t have answered the phone on this one though. This was a Toronto Make-Me Laugh trade.
Cons call her a traitor. Sure, but the real traitors are those MAGA Cons who welcomes Trump to take over Canada.
The Cons party is a sinking ship. That’s what happens when you got a party led by captain that his riding doesn’t want. Cons should be asking why they elected PP again. I do think there should be a quick election to determine if their riding approved.
Travesty to Democracy all those so called Conservatives can stick my ballot where the sun doesn’t shine as they walk across the floor to the dark side
That’s it, Canada is no longer a democracy.
There was a slight bit of uncertainty whether Liberals would gain a majority. Guess they wanted a guarantee…..
We the voter are getting absolutely shafted by our own elected officials, its time for a new party!
Watts “See You Next Tuesday” Democracy is completely dead in Canada…
Disgusting.
Of course global news and the rest won’t comment on betrayal because they would lose there jobs. What a disgusting time to be a Canadian and any opposite opinions that are scared of the orange bogeyman are delusional. Fix your own country first you liberal elbows up twots
This should be illegal and news sources like Global should share in the accountability of any wrong doing for promoting propaganda.
Anyone who thinks that Canada is a democracy has their elbows up their you know what.
There is no lower form of life than a politician who runs and gets elected on one clear set of values and once in parliament changes to a party that has values opposite.
Her constiuents want a real plan for the economy, all the more perplexing she went to the Liberals.
Very Disappointing! What is going to quit the bleeding? Conservatives need to dig out the people that are looking for greener pastures. Hard for them to materialize when there’s only so many jobs in the party.
Canada is a mess. No loyalty. Just turncoats. I would never vote for her. Disgusting.
Easy to blame the floor crosser than accept the truth that the conservatives don’t have a leader or a plan for the country. People don’t want to be associated with traitors
Ho Hum, who cares. Another traitor to her constituents and the country. Go F*ck yourself.
Another liar and fraud
They will fit right in with the LPC
One more example of how Canada will never be able to fix itself. Liberals will be in power forever.
If you live in Alberta and disagree with the path Canada is on, the ONLY path to change is Alberta Independence.
As a liberal, I’m not sure we want her. She is a lying, back stabbing bottom feeder. She was the perfect example of a conservative.
Just saying is all.
She will end up being a problem for Carney. Just as she was for Erin OFoole. She was a nobody in the CPC caucus.
Carney and all these floor crossers need a good sniper bullet.
Lol, it’s funny that all of the whiney knobs now complaining were silent when the last Liberal crossed to the Conservatives. It was pretty obvious before the CPC leadership vote that keeping PP would cause more defections but they stacked the deck for him anyway! Hilarious.
Crossing the floor should be constitutionally prohibited except when a Liberal goes over to the Conservatives.
She lied in parliament and said the majority of churches were in favour of conversion therapy. Local religious leaders from a wide array of faiths published a letter stating that they were in fact against conversion therapy.
This woman is perfect for the liberal party, no principles. Will do anything for power. To heck with democracy. People’s votes don’t matter.
New MP and gobernment rules needed! If you don’t like the party your with…you quit and wait for the next election. We’re going down the drain fast.
Example: their giving Quebec steel company tax payer dollars….Quebec can give their money from their transfer of payments. Still ignoring the west.
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Douchecanoe.
Carney was Trudeau’s top advisor for 5 years. So 6 years of Carney and wr have the worst economic growth its actually declining. Worst inflation, carbon tax to benefit Brookfield and global elites nothing to do with environment or climate.
Another traitor as Carney using taxpayers money remove democracy. Welcome to communist Liberal controlled media and country.
She was elected as a conservative but now wants to sit as a liberal betraying the people who elected her.She should resign and run again. Her previous positions on certain issues show that the liberals will take anyone even after they have criticized them in the past.This just shows that both she and the liberal party have principles
TRAITOR. PEOPLE VOTED FOR A CONSERVATIVE.
Opportunistic traitor and a liar to her constituency!
If Carney had any integrity he would call an election. This is no way to earn a parliamentary majority. It was only 1 year ago Canadians voted for a minority.
PP is the oil party and this week that’s kinda screwed. At best, oilers can get us to buy hybrids now. In the cities, EVs. Nine bucks a charge.
You can’t predict the future.
She ran against PP for leadership before. Duh…backbench forever
Carney doesn’t even need her now and maybe should have not answered the phone. He gains nothing here.
Who’s winning the three bye-elections?
What a duplicitous btch. I bet the voters who voted for this CON-servative are pretty upset (an understatement).
What is a democracy if votes for a specific party don’t count. This has gotten out of hand. They should only be allowed to recind their seat.
Alberta is gone. The death of a country in real-time.
“The past year has been like no other that Canada has ever faced, and I’ve heard clearly from constituents that you want serious leadership and a real plan to build a stronger and more independent Canadian economy,” So why didn’t you run under the Liberal banner and let your constituents vote you in? Because you would have lost. Better to get voted in as a Con, wait for some goodies and then switch.
just another useless politicians, why vote??
Liberals like to claim that they’re standing up for democracy. Until it becomes inconvenient. Whatever it takes to hold on to power, that’s the Liberals’ guiding principle.
Elections no longer matter. Just sleeper politicians waiting for the right bribe to cross the floor.
MPs, MLAs, MPPs, etc., have one job: get re-elected. Apparently, by any means possible.
Election laws need to be changed so that floor crossers must sit as independents until a by-election in their riding is had.
Ben it’s never ok for MPs to betray the Canadian voters no matter which way they cross the floor. It may have always been there but that doesn’t make it right and Carney is saying to Canadians that Canada’s democracy means nothing by abusing this process for his own gain.
IF Carney gets a majority through floor crossings, you will see the support for separation grow dramatically in Alberta. This is ridiculous. A majority should be ONLY given as a mandate by the people of Canada, NOT backroom dealings.
Another MP that has betrayed the Canadians that voted for her. It must be costing Carney and this Liberal government a fortune to get MPs to cross the floor and betray the Canadian voters. I guess if you cannot win a majority you can always buy one. So much for Canadian democracy why bother having elections just let the politicians decide who should be in government
This country is a joke!
Bravo.
Anti-Canadian, and anti-Democratic RATS!!
@ Tom who is just now getting sick of politicians…Dude, only divorce lawyers are slimier…
Liberal Plant. Politics can not be trusted in this country anymore. There is some serious corruption going on behind the curtain.
Now they are really scraping the bottom of the cistern in Con ranks. This one is definitely a throw-back. She was going to lose big next time anyway.
This isn’t what their constituents voted for. There should be bi-elections for these traitors.
Th Electorate need to demand accountability from this traitor
what is the point then in having elections?
When Liberals cross the floor to the Conservatives, it’s okay, but if it’s the other way around it’s not okay?! Canadians are confused by the flip flops from Poilievre and the conservatives.
@ the great god….grow up. At least you aren’t babbling for five years about socks anymore. PP fan…pfffftttt….
Brookfield is buying politicians I see……
So sick and tired of this treachery by politicians who are betraying their constituents who voted for a specific political platform. Then once elected to represent them in a political party in parliament the MP turns on their constituents and uses their position to gain personally. This should automatically trigger a by- election.
Carney bribing them to cross the floor with our money. Libs are out next election anyway so idgaf either way.
Kinda perplexed here…people in their riding voted for her running on a conservative platform and the voila , she switched Liberal
Not that I care cause Canada is too far gone to be saved but this undermines the will of tye people, doesn’t it?
D- bag
D-bag
This is absolutely the most corrupt party ever!!
Crossing the floor is not only a violation of the rights of the people who voted the person in but shows how untrustworthy these people are. Not only should they immediately loose their riding but banned from politics all together. If this does not go unchallenged we are all doomed to the corrupt Liberal government. Don’t be fools, speak up and have your voices heard.
Back stabber
Traitor