By the time Mark Carney turns off the light and heads to bed Monday night, he will know for certain that he is presiding over a majority government.

Carney and his Liberals currently have 171 seats in the House of Commons; the three byelections taking place Monday should give them 174 seats.  That is still a tight majority, but it’s a majority nonetheless.

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It was 350 days ago when voters sent Carney to Ottawa with 169 Liberals in his caucus. Thanks to five floor-crossings, four by Conservative MPs and one by the New Democrats, the majority will be secured.

It’s been a different type of year for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has seen his caucus shrink from 144 seats to 140 seats. At the same time, Poilievre has been making the kinds of changes that many political pundits said he should have made and yet he continues to lose MPs and drop in the polls.

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