Switching Sides: Should MPs Face Voters Again?

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Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the Liberal government could form a majority. Charles Smith, Professor in the Department of Political Studies at St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan, joins the show to explain what this means for Parliament Hill and the Liberal Party as they kick off their three-day convention in Montreal.
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