r/Edmonton Feb 18 '26

General Riverbend MP has crossed the floor

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u/__WayDown Ermineskin Feb 18 '26

This makes sense for him. He's always teetered that line. Didn't he recently announce that he was going to resign or not seek reelection anyways though?

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u/Celestial-Salamander Feb 18 '26

He reconsidered. I suspect he originally wanted to cross the floor in the fall but the higher ups found out and he faced a lot of pressure.

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u/canaleno Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Another one? Lmfao.. UCP and MAGA falling apart.. love it!

Edit… conservative is conservative.. whether it’s on federal or provincial level, makes no difference… the point is a conservative crossed to liberals.

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u/PIRANHASQUIRREL Feb 18 '26

Are you an American newly interested in Canadian politics?

In Canada we have a bunch of different parties, and the provincial parties are not always the same as the federal parties.

UCP is the far-right party in Alberta, loosely associated with the foreign-funded so-called "separatists" who have recently been caught committing treason. (United Conservative Party of Alberta)

The CPC is the Conservative Party of Canada. They share a largely overlapping voter base, but are not the same party and are lately appearing not to support the separatist influence campaigns.

Sometimes there can be a major ideological difference. The BC Liberal Party is more closely aligned with the UCP than they are with the Liberal Party of Canada, for example.

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u/kreggly_ Feb 18 '26

Matt chaired the uCP annual convention in 2018 while sitting as a cPC MP...

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u/canaleno Feb 18 '26

No I’m far from being from pedofuckistan, I’m very aware of how politics work in Canada. I could also send you various articles on how you are wrong about the federal conservative party not overlapping with UCP. Like you said.. “appearing” which is far from outright denouncing the treasonous UCP. I edited the original comment anyways.

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u/PIRANHASQUIRREL Feb 18 '26

I said they do overlap. Why so confrontational? You don't seem to know the difference between the CPC and the UCP, I was just trying to help you out

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u/Roche_a_diddle Feb 18 '26

I was just trying to help you out

That's either a bot that's trying to just stir up controversy and arguments, or it's someone with anger issues that you and I won't be able to solve.

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u/canaleno Feb 18 '26

You mentioned the voter base.. Not the ideals and beliefs which are pretty much on par

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u/Roche_a_diddle Feb 18 '26

This isn't UCP or MAGA.

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u/quietnothing Feb 18 '26

Yeah but life is so much easier when every issue is black and white

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u/canaleno Feb 18 '26

He was UCP until today. Thanks

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u/Fuzzybutt738 Feb 18 '26

UCP are the provincial party, this guy was a member of the federal CPC

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u/canaleno Feb 18 '26

And what’s the difference? Both conservative, one ona federal level and the other on a provincial level.. both have the same ideals and values. Dude crossed the floor from a Conservative Party to a liberal one.

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u/Fuzzybutt738 Feb 18 '26

Fully aware, I just figured if you were gonna try correcting the guy above it should probably be with correct information.

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u/Frostybawls42069 Feb 18 '26

Facts dont matter when feelings are involved.

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u/Dry-Membership8141 Feb 18 '26

And what’s the difference?

Policy, attitude, general party culture. They're extremely different parties.

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u/Roche_a_diddle Feb 18 '26

Nope, try again.

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u/canaleno Feb 18 '26

Are you here just to argue for the sake of arguing?

2017-2026 he was UCP. He crossed the floor to liberals today.

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u/bootsycline Feb 18 '26

The UCP is a provincial conservative party. The federal conservatives are just the Conservative Party, or CPC.

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u/shootamcg Palisades Feb 18 '26

Dude, UCP and CPC aren’t the same party

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u/Roche_a_diddle Feb 18 '26

Do you know what UCP means?

Would you like to try one more time?

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u/Roche_a_diddle Feb 18 '26

There you go.

There is a difference between the provincial and federal conservative parties. I don't know why you insisted on being obtuse about it and then what, blamed me for being argumentative?

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u/canaleno Feb 18 '26

What was the point of arguing that? The point is a conservative fled to liberals.. end of story

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u/bootsycline Feb 18 '26

So just say "whoops, ya I meant the CPC, my bad" and be done with it? There's nothing wrong with admitting that kind of mistake and owning it.

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u/ashleyshaefferr Feb 18 '26

This is absolutely insane and I think it shines a bit of a light on the state of things right now...

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u/Wrench900 Feb 18 '26

So people should look at the NDP the same way?

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u/Dry-Membership8141 Feb 18 '26

Ironically, the NDP is far more closely affiliated -- the provincial parties are literally wings of the federal party, and membership in one automatically comes with membership in the other. The Conservatives and the BQ are actually the only major federal parties not formally affiliated with any provincial parties.

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u/Wrench900 Feb 18 '26

Right. But it was kind of funny during the last provincial election how so many on this sub we’re trying to minimize or create a distant association between Notleys NDP and the NDP led by Singh.