Neue Demokraten erschüttert über Abgang des Abgeordneten von Nunavut, Insider nennt es einen „Schlag ins Gesicht“
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/new-democrats-rocked-by-nunavut-mps-defection-insider-calls-it-a-slap-in-the-face/article_dd5e3a54-87fe-4f94-9ac9-a8032b7551f7.html
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I mean, I suppose it is, but can you even blame her. The NDP is a tire fire that only seems to be about to burn hotter, and she had the opportunity to be part of the government.
Sometimes you just have to do the “if you cant beat em”. Who wants to be part of the fourth party for their whole career.
Not to mention, the NDP won this by a hair. It’s not like a good chunk of Nunavut will be pissed to have a Liberal MP.
I do agree with the point by one person in the article that at least it was done before (likely Lewis) was elected as leader. However this is a larger reflection on them than any CPC crossing.
You have to wonder if there’s another MP defection coming as I doubt she was the one at issue has been talking about for weeks as a floor crosser.
The timing is interesting to me. I’m curious whether she voted in the NDP leadership race before joining the Liberals. Voting opened Monday morning, the floor crossing was announced Monday evening. Given that there had been rumours swirling around her crossing for months now, it’s interesting that she did so just after voting opened.
Posted elsewhere, but I can see her logic and it’s much more understandable than other floor-crossers. Carney has an effective majority till 2029 and there’s significant decisions and investments being made in Nunavut that she should be involved in. Being without party status and lacking staff/resources is effectively being an independent MP. She floated this publicly recently so I’m sure it’s come up with constituents, can genuinely see her being principled but still wanting to have more influence to benefit her community. I can see why this moment with Trump is more urgent compared to previous moments, why she would feel especially compelled as an Inuit person herself, and why even her own constituents and voters may be on board.
Nobody runs for the NDP because they think they will form a majority government soon or they want an easy ride, and she was great in the last Parliament holding LPC accountable as an outsider. Nunavut is still a pretty “candidate-first” place so I’d bet she could still win as a Liberal, she didn’t win as NDP off the strength of the national party. I wouldn’t extend that grace to any other NDP MP though, or the average MP who cross the floor because they bet wrong on which party forms government.
Considering there’s probably going to be a spring general election, there’s always a possibility for the NDP to win back the seat. But it should be noted that Idlout won the seat by the thinnest of margins (41 votes) in 2025 and the riding has changed multiple times after Leona Aglukkaq got bounced in 2015.