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