Liberals putting out ‘feelers’ for NDP MPs to cross floor: Davies
Global News
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says the Liberals are making phone calls to his party's MPs to see if they'll join the government, but said he's not worried that will happen.
Interim NDP Leader Don Davies says the Liberals are making phone calls to NDP members of parliament to see if they will join the Liberal Party in an effort to reach a majority government.
Davies told Global News he’s not worried about his six other NDP MP colleagues switching political teams.
“I do know that there’s been certain calls made by Liberals, I would probably describe them as ‘feelers’ that have been put out,” Davies said. “But I can tell you that in our caucus meetings that we have, our NDP caucus colleagues have committed to being strong, united New Democrats in Parliament, and I have every confidence that they’re going to remain so.”
The Liberals earned 169 House of Commons seats, just three short of a majority government. Global News reached out to the prime minister’s office to ask if they had approached NDP MPs about crossing the floor, and a spokesperson for the prime minister had no comment.
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