The “Manufactured Majority”: Mark Carney, Floor-Crossings, and the Breach of Democratic Trust
The math of Canadian democracy changed today, not at a polling station but in a back room. With the defection of Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu on April 8, Prime Minister Mark Carney has reached 171 seats. He is now exactly one seat away from a majority, a total he plans to clinch in the three byelections scheduled for April 13 in Scarborough […]