As the House wound down for the Christmas break, Markham-Unionville MP Michael Ma made some noise by announcing he was crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party of Canada.

It was a move nobody saw coming as it had been kept super quiet and he was on nobody's list as a potential floor crosser.

This early Christmas gift leaves the Liberals one seat away from a majority and hits ReRun Poilièvre rather hard, fewer than two months away from his leadership review.

On that front, ReRun got a second dose of bad news with public opinion results from Angus Reid showing he's slipped meaningfully with even Conservative voters since August

Episode 810— Friday, December 12, 2025

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