Mark Carney locks Liberal majority
4/14/202629 min
With last night’s byelection wins, Prime Minister Mark Carney is now leading a majority government. But after five floor crossers joined the Liberals, spanning from the NDP to the social conservative wing of the Conservative party, there are questions around what exactly that government stands for.
Aaron Wherry is a senior writer with CBC’s parliamentary bureau. He’s here to talk about how a majority will change things for the Liberals, and what Carney’s big tent looks like.
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[upbeat music] Hey, everybody, it's Jamie. With last night's by-elections, Carney has finally inched his way to a majority government. But after five floor-crossers joined the Liberals, spanning from the NDP to the social conservative wing of the Conservative party, there are questions around what exactly that government stands for. And even people within the Liberal party have been questioning the decision to bring the latest MP, Marilyn Gladu, into the fold. So today, I am going to talk to CBC senior parliamentary writer Aaron Wherry about what Mark Carney's big tent looks like and how a majority will change things for the Liberals.