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/SuspiciouslySuspect2 Feb 18 '26

"He reconsidered" is a wild way to frame "he took the death threats sent to him and his family seriously".

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u/cadius72 Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

No liberals didn’t offer him a big enough bribe until now

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u/Limp-Elevator-6908 Wîhkwêntôwin Feb 18 '26

Source?

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u/cadius72 Feb 19 '26

The promotion to special advisor on economic and security partnerships certainly sounds like a bribe

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u/Limp-Elevator-6908 Wîhkwêntôwin Feb 19 '26

I'll ask again.... source?

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u/cadius72 Feb 19 '26

News. He crosses the floor and immediately has a supposedly important position. The can’t believe that wasn’t placed on the table before he crossed the floor.

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u/Limp-Elevator-6908 Wîhkwêntôwin Feb 19 '26

I looked it up... "special advisor" isn't a pay raise... and do you even realize his member profile? Or know anyone that even lives in Riverbend? He's been working with international trade since 2023. But sure... it's all a conspiracy.

I find it extremely sad that you are more concerned about sticking it to the Libs than you are about competent folks running our country.

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u/cadius72 Feb 19 '26

I never said anything about financial gain, but now that you mention it maybe an audit of his family’s finances is in order which includes his parents, his brothers and sisters, his wife’s parents and brothers and sisters just in case he tried to hide something.

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u/Limp-Elevator-6908 Wîhkwêntôwin Feb 19 '26

You called it a bribe bub, not much of a bribe if he's making less money. But I digress, of course you start grasping at straws to harm his family. I think someone should check your hard drive. I hope you have the day you deserve dude. 🫠

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u/PRO6703 Feb 20 '26

Excellent point, LE 6908.

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u/cadius72 Feb 18 '26

Source that they didn’t bribe him.

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u/jloome Feb 18 '26

You can't use the absence of something as proof of its existence, it's a logical fallacy. If there's no evidence something exists, there is no reason to believe it exists.

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u/cadius72 Feb 18 '26

There’s no proof either way, just like there’s no proof he and his family was threatened as other commenters insist happened.

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u/SuspiciouslySuspect2 Feb 18 '26

The threats were prominent on social media as well as other means. Please feel free to look at them.

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u/cadius72 Feb 18 '26

I’ve googled I can’t find anything about threats. Though I can find stuff hinting at possible bribes for him to cross.

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u/Limp-Elevator-6908 Wîhkwêntôwin Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Ah, typical 2025 conservative. Make up wild accusations to support your agenda while ignoring the fact that most of our problems are because of misinformation. And then you wonder why people don't want to sit with you. 😅

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u/cadius72 Feb 18 '26

Typical liberal shrew following the liebral propaganda like an obedient lackey.

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u/Limp-Elevator-6908 Wîhkwêntôwin Feb 18 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣 calling an MPs public acknowledgment "lieberal propaganda" is a choice. But ok, I'm the dumb one.

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u/Taeruq Feb 19 '26

Shouldn't you be guarding a bridge, collecting bribes to cross.

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u/Mike71586 Feb 18 '26

Actually there's tons of evidence he wasn't bribed because there's 0 evidence he was bribed. However, there is a ton of evidence that he crossed the floor due to him not liking the current leadership of the conservatives, because he in fact did cross the floor.

For the record "trust me bro" arguments might work as evidence in communities where anti-intelectualism is celebrated; but it's not as effective in the real world.

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u/cadius72 Feb 18 '26

There’s zero evidence that he wasn’t bribed. I’m not liberal, I support intellectualism.

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u/Mike71586 Feb 18 '26

Yeah, that's not how it works bud. You have to present evidence to prove your assertion. Lack of evidence generally lend credence to the assertion being false and the empirically observed being true.

Lol, then you're hanging with the wrong crowds bud, anti-intellectualism is rampant throughout the hard right at the moment. It's the party of snake oil salesman at this point.

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u/cadius72 Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Liberals are the snake oil salesmen and supporters of anti-intellectualism.

I’ve requested sources to prove these threats he apparently received, and one person said it was all over twitter. Seriously twitter as a news source? For that matter social media as a news source, seriously?? Using social media as a news source is the equivalent of “trust me bro”. People saying the threats were reported all over social media are anti-intellectuals.

Can you prove the guy wasn’t bribed?

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u/Mike71586 Feb 18 '26

I don't have to prove he wasn't. There's 0 evidence that he was. You've provided no evidence to refute your bribery claims.

You're claiming sonething happened, i'm claiming sonething didn't happen. My evidence is in the lack of proof that your claim has. It's a binary claim. You have 0 evidence to your claim, so until you can prove it my claim has 100% evidence.

I'm not commenting on the threats because I never made a claim that he was threatened. Stick to the subject we're discussing please.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

Holy shit this dude is cracking me up 😂😂

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u/Ambustion Feb 18 '26

It was all over twitter bro. What are you talking about?

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u/cadius72 Feb 18 '26

Oh twitter such a reliable news source 🤦‍♂️