Ndp mp gord johns says he’s “very confident” none of the seven new democrats in the house of commons will cross the floor to the liberals — even as he admits he’s regularly approached by the liberals. The bloc québécois and the ndp sided with the liberals — ensuring a majority — in the first of three confidence votes on prime minister mark carney’s first budget on thursday evening. 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. Rumours are bouncing around that a number of ndp mps are looking at potentially crossing the floor to join the liberal party of canada and give mark carney the majority he is looking for. Only seven of the party's candidates were elected,. Already there’s talk that a few new democrats — three would do it — might cross the floor to give the liberals a majority.
In 2001, kwan was a member of the b.c Legislature when the liberals decimated the provincial ndp government, winning 77 of 79 seats Kwan was one of only two new democrats who kept their.
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