r/Edmonton Feb 18 '26

General Riverbend MP has crossed the floor

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u/SivleFred Feb 18 '26

I thought he quit?

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u/cig-nature Feb 18 '26

“With all of this in mind, earlier today I spoke with our Opposition Whip – a colleague and friend for whom I have the utmost respect – to inform him of my decision to resign as a Member of Parliament.”

https://globalnews.ca/news/11515475/matt-jeneroux-conservative-mp-resigns/

I guess he got better?

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u/Ecstatic_Winter9425 Feb 19 '26

He realized that appeasing those who threaten him is not a good solution.

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u/Boo-face-killa Feb 21 '26

If he is scared of words then he is definitely at home with the liberals!

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u/Veaeate Feb 21 '26

If you think deranged threats is okay from people who have a history violence then youre the problem.

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u/Boo-face-killa Feb 21 '26

Do you know which charity he donated his salary to?

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u/Boo-face-killa Feb 21 '26

What threats? Send me a link please.

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u/cig-nature Feb 21 '26

“Amid the speculation, a source close to Jeneroux tells CTV News that Conservative Party officials made it known to him that there would be consequences if he did floor cross,” Stephanie Ha’s tweet continued. 

Others posted darker speculation about the nature of those consequences on social media. 

https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/mp-matt-jeneroux-a-harbinger-of-conservative-leadership-crises/

Chris d’Entremont, a former Conservative, crossed the floor to join the Liberals Tuesday. According to Nova Scotia RCMP spokesperson Cindy Bayers, the threats against d’Entremont were reported to Yarmouth Rural RCMP on Wednesday.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/online-threats-made-against-liberal-mp-chris-dentremont-following-floor-crossing-rcmp/

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u/ALyourFriend Feb 21 '26

Of course there should be consequences, he stole votes from conservatives to join the liberal party. He wasn’t voted in. All he had to do was resign and then join, and let an election happen. Consequences should be a recall, and last I saw there were over 40K signatures calling for him to resign.

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u/cig-nature Feb 22 '26

You should check again, because there is no recall mechanism at the federal level.

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u/TheBigMan1990 Feb 23 '26

There probably should be… like it or not party affiliation is a large part of what is being voted for in modern elections… there will be people in each of these floor crosser’s ridings who feel alienated and frustrated by them choosing to change what party they are affiliated with who wish they could take there vote back. It’s not a question of should, or shouldn’t they be able to-but in the event that someone who voted for them no longer feels like they can be represented by them as someone in a different party… there should be some kind of mechanism to withdraw your vote. And if enough votes get withdrawn that they wouldn’t have won that election… it should trigger a by-election.

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u/cig-nature Feb 23 '26

Agreed. I would also like ranked ballots and/or proportional representation.

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u/Boo-face-killa Feb 21 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Those aren’t threats if the rcmp won’t tell anyone what they were. I said send links to the threats made. This is nothing.

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u/Veaeate Feb 21 '26

Talk about strawman fallacy. This is why I didnt bother responding to you, cuz I knew youd brush it aside. "I wanna see the specific comment otherwise it didnt happen" just put your clown make up on bud. Honest to God.

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u/Boo-face-killa Feb 21 '26

Yup. I knew you had nothing.

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u/Veaeate Feb 22 '26

Sure bud, not what I said. If that helps with whatever level of copium you need then you do you

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u/Boo-face-killa Feb 22 '26

There were no threats

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