House leader says Liberals are still courting opposition MPs to cross the floor

OTTAWA — Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon said conversations with dissatisfied MPs from opposition parties continue, just one day after his party secured its fourth floor crosser in recent months.

“I think very much so,” he told reporters on his way into a cabinet meeting on Thursday, in response to a question about whether his party is talking to more MPs.

“I think that Canadians who live in Conservative ridings look at their MPs and wish they would spend more time proposing solutions, participating in this great project on which we’ve embarked to build Canada more strong and to continue to diversify our supply chains, to continue to develop markets abroad and to continue to push our economy.”

MacKinnon’s comments came just one day after his party secured Nunavut MP Lori Idlout, who defected from the NDP. The governing party also convinced three Conservative MPs to cross the floor, including Matt Jeneroux, Michael Ma and Chris d’Entremont.

MacKinnon would not go into details about how Idlout’s decision to join the Liberals came about, but that he is very happy she has chosen the Liberal Party.

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