Explained: NDP MP Joins Liberals, Handing Carney A Near Certain Majority Government

NDP MP Lori Idlout just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, all but handing Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney a majority government within the next month or so. === Visit the Merch store: http://TheRationalNational.com/merch Support the show at http://TheRationalNational.com/Join Donate Directly at http://PayPal.me/daviddoel Tip at https://streamlabs.com/therationalnational/tip ‘Join’ on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo9oQdIk1MfcnzypG3UnURA/join Follow David Doel at http://twitter.com/DavidDoel Follow The Rational National at http://twitter.com/TRNshow Follow on Twitch at http://twitch.tv/TheRationalNational Follow on Facebook: https://facebook.com/trnshow === Sources: https://tinyurl.com/5a55buz9 (NDP MP Lori Idlout crossing floor to Liberals, bringing Carney closer to majority, CBC News) https://tinyurl.com/3vsur54w (NDP MPs Idlout, Gazan join Lewis at leadership event in Ottawa, The Hill Times) https://tinyurl.com/36pmf4uy (House of Commons) https://tinyurl.com/njanjrhh (Carney calls byelections for 2 Ontario ridings, 1 in Quebecm Global News) https://tinyurl.com/mpa6245k (Don Davies statement) https://tinyurl.com/57cnrsrj (Don Davies clip) https://tinyurl.com/44j9xjrr (NDP's lone Quebec MP says he's considering jump to provincial politics, CBC News) https://tinyurl.com/3xepcfyu (PM Carney welcomes Lori Idlout to the Liberal party, h/t Scott Robertson) https://tinyurl.com/5kxteuyd (clip 2) https://tinyurl.com/4j6se3mm (clip 3) https://tinyurl.com/25bbbbjy (Carney announces plans to boost Canada’s military footprint in the Arctic, APTN News) https://tinyurl.com/tau8unk8 (New nation-building projects list to include mines, LNG, Iqaluit hydro: sources, CBC News) https://tinyurl.com/mryum7we (Prime Minister Carney announces second tranche of nation-building projects referred to the Major Projects Office, PMO) https://tinyurl.com/ywa3dvms (Ottawa puts $50M behind Inuit-led university as part of major announcement for northern communities, CBC News)