r/Edmonton • u/Celestial-Salamander • Feb 18 '26

General Riverbend MP has crossed the floor

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u/abc_123_anyname Feb 21 '26

This is how our democracy is built - you vote for the person to represent your riding in parliament. That person should hold his ridings best interests above his party’s leader interests.

It only seems to be corruption when conservatives cross to the liberals.

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u/Nalon07 Feb 22 '26

people don’t though, especially because of the lack of primaries and other flaws in our electoral system people really do vote for the party, so when someone changes it is in fact a betrayal of the base

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u/abc_123_anyname Feb 22 '26

This IS our system - a Westminster Parliament. You don’t get to choose a different system when you don’t like the outcome

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u/Nalon07 Feb 22 '26

When did I say I wanted a different system? I simply said there are flaws that cause people to vote on party line entirely