As Mark Carney and his Liberal government celebrate officially achieving majority status in the House of Commons, the Conservatives are nursing the political equivalent of a hangover.

Carney’s Liberals have their majority of 174 seats in large part because four Conservative MPs defected from Pierre Poilievre’s party to Carney’s.

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The problem for Poilievre and the Conservatives is the torturous ordeal of watching their caucus members cross the floor may not be over. There are offers on the table ranging from committee appointments to hints of a cabinet post and even an offer of a judicial appointment.

The Liberals aren’t shy about it and say they expect that several more Conservative MPs will trade in their blue ties for red ones.

“It’s not so much fishing as holding the door open,” said one Liberal MP familiar with what is going on.

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