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Nearly one year after winning a minority government, Prime Minister Mark Carney has parlayed a handful of floor crossings and byelection victories into a majority — the first Liberal majority government in seven years. Last week’s defection by now-former Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu marked the fifth floor crossing to the Liberals (four Conservatives and one New Democrat), while the Liberals swept all three byelections Monday night.
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As his first act as a majority prime minister, Carney announced Tuesday morning a temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline and diesel — diffusing a potential liability on the affordability issue that the Conservatives had sought to exploit. In this video, Rob Breakenridge is joined by Postmedia national politics columnist Tasha Kheiriddin to discuss her belief that we could now see Mark Carney unencumbered with a majority in place. We’ll also discuss the potential fallout for an already reeling Conservative Party with rumours that even more MPs could jump ship to the Liberals. Watch the full directly below.
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