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Marilyn Gladu’s Sudden Shift to Liberal PartyGladu joined Liberals with four others, moving the government just one seat short of majority before Monday’s crucial by-elections.
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- Marilyn Gladu crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals, bringing the government within one seat of a majority.
- The prime minister anticipates securing a majority by the end of Monday after three by-elections, including two in Liberal strongholds.
- Previously, Gladu was a vocal opponent of Liberal policies, criticizing them for privacy violations and Charter rights infringements.
- Her defection is seen as a betrayal of her long-held principles and political stance against the Liberals.
Because violating our Charter Rights has become normal to them.— Marilyn Gladu, in a March comment on a National Post story about the Emergencies Act being an overreach by the Liberals.
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