Ex-Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux crosses floor to join Carney’s Liberals
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“I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government,” Carney said in a social media post.
Ex-Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux has crossed the floor to the Liberals, Prime Minister Mark Carney says.
“I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government,” Carney said in a social media post.
Jeneroux is now the third Conservative, after Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont and Toronto area MP Michael Ma, to switch to Mark Carney’s Liberals.
The MP for Edmonton Riverbend since 2015, Jeneroux was the Conservative critic for supply chains, innovation, infrastructure, health, and housing before announcing that he was resigning as MP in November, just ahead of a crucial vote on the federal budget in the House of Commons.
“It was not an easy decision, but it is, I believe, the right one,” he said at the time.
Jeneroux said he had hoped Canadians would “put their faith” in a Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre in the last federal election, but added he has “great admiration” for his fellow MPs “on both sides of the aisle.”
Carney on Wednesday said Jeneroux is being appointed as the “special advisor on economic and security partnerships.”
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“I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government,” Carney said in a social media post.
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