The two-faced hypocrisy MP Marilyn Gladu demonstrated on Wednesday, in abandoning the Conservatives for the Liberals, is shocking even when considering the ever-malleable “political principles” of floor-crossers in general.

On Jan. 11, the then-Conservative MP for Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong since 2015 told her local Petrolia Lambton Independent newspaper she supported an automatic byelection for any MP defecting to another party.

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She was commenting in support of a petition sponsored by her then fellow Conservative MP, Lianne Rood, which said that, “unrestricted floor-crossing can erode voter trust amid rising political corruption and scandals” and that voters “deserve immediate accountability when an MP switches to another party mid-term, potentially altering Parliament’s balance without endorsement.”

Gladu told the Independent:

“Really, the whole point of being an MP is to........

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