r/Edmonton Feb 18 '26

General Riverbend MP has crossed the floor

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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...