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The voters chose a minority government and expected the parties to work together, and I don’t think it’s right for Carney and his team to try to undermine that,” said Kofman. “But then I think of Poilievre’s stupid little face being told about one floor crossing after another and I giggle for about 10 minutes.”

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Kofman went on to acknowledge his concerns that a Carney Liberal majority could force through a Western pipeline without any environmental or Indigenous consultation, before dissolving back into giggles picturing Pierre Poilievre’s sad face becoming a popular reaction gif used to denote “whiny pouting” across the internet.

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The way whipped votes are standard in Canada means that in practice you are voting for a party.

[–] TomatoPotato69@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

That still doesn't make it undemocratic. If anything, whipped votes are the undemocratic part. Crossing the floor is a feature of our democracy, not a bug.